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Data on the epidemiology of heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nyaga, Ulrich Flore; Bigna, Jean Joel; Agbor, Valirie N; Essouma, Mickael; Ntusi, Ntobeko A B; Noubiap, Jean Jacques.
Afiliação
  • Nyaga UF; Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  • Bigna JJ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris Sud XI, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France.
  • Agbor VN; Ibal sub-divisional Hospital, Oku, North-west Region, Cameroon.
  • Essouma M; Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  • Ntusi NAB; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Noubiap JJ; Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Data Brief ; 17: 1218-1239, 2018 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29876481
ABSTRACT
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), chronic non-communicable diseases and cardiovascular diseases in particular, are progressively taking over infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Heart failure is a major public health problem in the region. We summarize here available data on the prevalence, aetiologies, treatment, rates and predictors of mortality due to heart failure in SSA.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Idioma: En Revista: Data Brief Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Camarões

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Idioma: En Revista: Data Brief Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Camarões