Coronary heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa: Still rare, misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed?

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-66

  Nkoke, Clovis ^a   Luchuo, Engelbert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Centre For Population Studies and Health Promotion CPSHP   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease (CHD); Diagnosis; Epidemiological transition; Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRITIS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84994691954     PISSN: 22233652     EISSN: 22233660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2015.08.01     Document Type: Review

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