Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes

OBJECTIVE: Few data are available on heart failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a current picture of HF aetiologies in urban Uganda, access to heart surgery, and outcomes. METHODS: We prospectively collected clinical and echocardiographic data from 272 consecutive patients referre...

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Autores principales: Grimaldi, Antonio, Ammirati, Enrico, Vermi, Anna Chiara, De Concilio, Annalisa, Trucco, Giorgio, Aloi, Francesco, Arioli, Francesco, Figini, Filippo, Ferrarello, Santo, Maria Sacco, Francesco, Grottola, Renato, D’Arbela, Paul G, Marijon, Eloi, Mirabel, Mariana, Alfieri, Ottavio, Karam, Nicole, Freers, Juergen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2014
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25073490
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2014-034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25073490
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2014-034

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