Prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes ofvalvular atrial fibrillation in a cohort of African patientswith acute heart failure: insights from the THESUS-HFregistry

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the commonest cause of valvular heart disease and a common cause of heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Atrial fibrillation (AF) complicates RHD, precipitates and worsens heart failure and cause unfavourable outcomes. We set out to describe the p...

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Autores principales: Mahmoud, U Sani, Beth, A Davison, Gad, Cotter, Christopher, Edwards, Bongani, M Mayosi, Okechukwu, S Ogah, Albertino, Damasceno, Dike, B Ojji, Anastase, Dzudie, Charles, Kouam Kouam, Charles, Mondo, Ahmed, Suliman, Gerald, Yonga, Abdou, Ba, Fikru, Maru, Bekele, Alemayehu, Karen, Sliwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2018
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30067272
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2017-051

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30067272
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2017-051

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