Pulmonary hypertension as seen in a rural area in sub-Saharan Africa: high prevalence, late clinical presentation and a high short-term mortality rate during follow up

INTRODUCTION: The epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in low- to middle-income countries is poorly characterised. We assessed the prevalence, baseline characteristics and mortality rate in patients with echocardiographically diagnosed PH at a rural cardiac centre in Cameroon. METHODS: We con...

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Autores principales: Anastase, Dzudie, Bonaventure, Suiru Dzekem, Martin, Leopold, Ndemnge Aminde, Martin, Abanda, Karen, Sliwa, Cabral, Tantchou Tchoumi, Ana, O Mocumbi, Andre, Pascal Kengne, Friedrich, Thienemann
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/PMC6291806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30059129
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2018-007

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