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The Rising Burden of Hypertensive Renal Disease in Low‐Income Countries: Is it Time to Take Action?

C Catena, GL Colussi, LA Sechi - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2016
... 3 Naicker S. Burden of end-stage renal disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Nephrol.
2010;74(suppl 1):S13–S16. ... The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa:
a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2014;2:174–181. ...

[PDF] Key principles to accelerate progress in noncommunicable disease care and treatment: Discussion Paper

K Greene, N Sakolsky, J Daly, R Dirks, C Kekihembo… - 2016
... projects to expand access to care for diabetes and cardiovascular disease among the underserved.
HealthRise has applied the above principles in designing solicitations for grant applications in
both the United States and India and will do the same for South Africa and Brazil in ...

[PDF] Analysis of Genomic Regions Associated With Coronary Artery Disease Reveals Continent-Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in North African Populations

D Zanetti, M Via, R Carreras-Torres, E Esteban… - Journal of epidemiology/ …, 2016
... Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in
Western populations.1 According to World Health ... In North Africa and the Middle East, non-
communicable diseases are an increasingly prevalent cause of premature death and ...

Prevalence and determinants of chronic kidney disease among hypertensive Cameroonians according to three common estimators of the glomerular filtration rate

FF Kaze, AP Kengne, CT Magatsing, MP Halle… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2016
... The prevalence of hypertension is growing worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
where most people with the disease remain undiagnosed, untreated, or inadequately
treated.[1, 2] Hypertension is also a major risk factor for cardiovascular and renal diseases and ...

Prevalence of hypothyroidism in rheumatoid arthritis and its correlation with disease activity

P Joshi, A Agarwal, S Vyas, R Kumar - Tropical Doctor, 2016
... EL. . Hypothyroidism as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2012; 39: 954–958. Abstract/FREE
Full Text. ↵: Ilias I,; Mastorakos G,; Mavrikakis M,; et al. . Thyroid ...

[HTML] Mapping Priority Setting in Health in 17 Countries Across Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa

R Li, K Hernandez-Villafuerte, A Towse, I Vlad… - Health Systems & Reform, 2016
... and/or similar socioeconomic situations; for instance, through the sharing of methods, models,
or data on disease burden, clinical effectiveness, and costing. 19 19. Hernandez-Villafuerte K,
Li R, Hofman K. Author linkages in economic evaluations: tendencies in Southern Africa. ...

Do medications commonly prescribed to patients with peripheral arterial disease have an effect on nutritional status? A review of the literature

R Fenton, L Brook-Barclay, CL Delaney, JI Spark… - Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2016
... Best medical practice including routine thorough assessment of cardiovascular risk factors ...
Exclusion: Diabetes, obesity, renal or hepatic impairment, thyroid disease, plasma triglycerides ...
Study Design: Non-randomised control trial Location: South Africa, Inclusion: consumption ...

Alirocumab for hyperlipidemia: ODYSSEY Phase III clinical trial results and US FDA approval indications

EM Roth - Future Cardiology, 2016
... randomized 2341 patients in a 2:1 ratio (alirocumab:placebo) at high risk for cardiovascular
(CV) events ... The study was conducted in Africa, Europe, and North and South America. ... mg/dL
(3.2 mmol/L). Of the patients randomized, 68.9% had coronary artery disease, 17.7% had ...

Surgical Perspectives

A Sampathkumar, J Raman - Management of Heart Failure, 2016
... In December of 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard, at the Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa,
transplanted the heart of a 23-year-old woman ... the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
estimates that heart failure accounts for 5 % of all deaths from cardiovascular disease and 10 ...

[PDF] Prevalence of Elevated Arterial Pressure and Associated Risk Factors in 10 to 15 Year Old Students from the Municipality of Cajazeiras-PB, Brazil

MLO Bezerra, FC Queirós, EAF Freitas, R Lucena - International Archives of Medicine, 2016
... 7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ... O. Body mass index, overweight, and blood
pressure among adolescent schoolchildren in Limpopo province, South Africa. ... Prevalence of
cardiovascular risk factors in child and adolescent students in the city of Maceio. ...

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Nigerian Journal of Cardiology

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The current status of heart failure diagnostic biomarkers

X Zhang, BL Schulz, C Punyadeera - Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2016
... Title: The current status of heart failure diagnostic biomarkers Running title: Heart failure
biomarkers Authors: Xi Zhang (1), Benjamin L. Schulz (2), and Chamindie Punyadeera (1)* ... Heart
failure (HF) affects approximately 23 million individuals worldwide and this number is ...

Heart acceleration and deceleration capacities associated with dilated cardiomyopathy

C Zou, H Dong, F Wang, M Gao, X Huang, J Jin… - European Journal of Clinical …, 2016
... Front Physiol 2014; 5: 315. 9. Sliwa K, Damasceno A, Mayosi BM. Epidemiology and etiology
of cardiomyopathy in Africa. Circulation 2005;112:3577-83. 10. ... 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for
the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American ...

Surgical Perspectives

A Sampathkumar, J Raman - Management of Heart Failure, 2016
... Dubost in Paris devised a reliable mechanical dilator, which was subsequently modified by Oswald
Tubbs in South Africa in 1955. This was the early evolution of valvular reparative surgery for heart
failure – a truly international effort, which provided dramatic relief to a ...

TTR kinetic stabilizers and TTR gene silencing: a new era in therapy for Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathies.

D Adams, C Cauquil, C Labeyrie, G Beaudonnet… - Expert Opinion on …, 2016
... (Figure 1). Cardiac involvement is crucial and includes restrictive cardiomyopathy leading
to heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias (mainly conduction disorders) and denervation. Cardiac ...
Africa which account for three quarters of the planet's inhabitants ...

[HTML] Prevalence and Spectrum of TBX5 Mutation in Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation

ZC Wang, WH Ji, CW Ruan, XY Liu, XB Qiu, F Yuan… - International Journal of …, 2016
... of the revised Declaration of Helsinki (Somerset West, Republic of South Africa, 1996 ... Homozygous
disruption of Tbx5 in mice caused embryonic death due to failure of cardiac ... atrial septal defects,
ventricular septal defects, endocardial cushion defects, left heart hypoplasia, and ...
... high serum creatine kinase levels or muscular symptoms, hepatic failure, elevated
aminotransferase ... Inclusion: hypercholesterolemia and two or more known coronary heart disease
risk ... Study Design: Non-randomised control trial Location: South Africa, Inclusion: consumption ...

[HTML] The needs, models of care, interventions and outcomes of palliative care in the Caribbean: a systematic review of the evidence

S Maharaj, R Harding - BMC Palliative Care, 2016
... trachea, bronchus and the lung, Hypertensive diseases, Chronic diseases of the lower respiratory
tract, Heart failure and ill-defined heart disease, Malignant ... Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), suggest that after Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean is ...

[HTML] The Impact of Information Technology on Patient Engagement and Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature

S Sawesi, M Rashrash, K Phalakornkule, JS Carpenter… - JMIR Medical Informatics, 2016
... HbA1c (P=.001) [37]. Another study evaluated the impact of home-based
telemonitoring on patients with heart failure and showed a significant correlative
improvement in patients' health outcomes [38,39]. In contrast, 11% of ...

Stroke injury, cognitive impairment and vascular dementia

RN Kalaria, R Akinyemi, M Ihara - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2016
The global burden of ischaemic strokes is almost 4-fold greater than haemorrhagic strokes.
Current evidence suggests that 25–30% of ischaemic stroke survivors.
... In both countries, CAD patients were diagnosed for ischemic heart disease complicated by
myocardial infarction (MI), which was confirmed by electrocardiography and coronary angiography. ...
A failure to replicate an association signal in Africa may be influenced by ...

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[PDF] Proportion of patients in the Uganda rheumatic heart disease registry with advanced disease requiring urgent surgical interventions

WZ Zhang, E Okello, W Nyakoojo, P Lwabi, CK Mondo - African Health Sciences, 2015
... in the general population attending pri- mary school is 1.5%.1 About 50% of newly diagnosed
rheumatic heart disease patients in Uganda present with complications, notably heart failure,
pulmonary hyper ... The new face of rheumatic heart dis- ease in South West Nigeria. ...

[PDF] Burden and pattern of micro vascular complications in type 2 diabetes in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria.

M Olamoyegun, W Ibraheem, S Iwuala, M Audu… - African Health Sciences, 2015
... 1% in rural areas, and 5-7% in urban areas, and between 8% and 13% in countries like Uganda
and South Africa2-4. In Nigeria, the national ... Hence, the increasing prevalence of T2DM will be
followed by an epidemic of diabetes related cardiovascular disease (CVD) espe- ...

[HTML] Knowledge of physicians on chronic kidney disease and their attitudes towards referral, in two cities of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

SP Choukem, PK Nchifor, MP Halle, DN Nebongo… - BMC Research Notes, 2016
... 7. Mbanya JC, Kengne AP, Assah F. Diabetes care in Africa. Lancet. 2006;368(9548):1628–9.
PubMedCrossRef. 8. Dzudie A, Kengne AP, Muna WF, Ba H, Menanga A, Kouam Kouam C, et
al. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a self-selected sub ...

] Clinical, Biological and Ct Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients in Central Africa

ML Tshikwela, GB Cinama, SY Tongo, EN Kabu… - J Trop Dis, 2015
... stroke; Predictors of mortality; Central Africa Introduction Stroke is a leading cause of mortality
and a long-term disability with an enormous economic burden by over the world [1-3] and
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus ...


Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis at Groote Schuur Hospital over a ten year period

OI Ameh - 2015
... of outcome studies in Africa on IMGN. METHODS: This study was approved by the institution's
Human Research Ethics Committee. It was a retrospective review of patients diagnosed
(biopsy-proven) with IMGN at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur ...

[HTML] Unaffordability of renal replacement therapy in Nigeria

S Ajayi, Y Raji, T Bello, L Jinadu, B Salako - Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology, 2016
... The prevalence of hypertension in the population is about the same in men and women, 19 but
when complications occur, men are more likely to get ... 10, 17 and 22 Nigeria is now ranked the
biggest economy in Africa, due to its increasing GDP over the years, but the economic ...


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[HTML] Multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Kenya: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system using the WHO STEP-wise approach to …

PM Chege - South African Family Practice, 2016
... South African Family Practice. Original Articles Multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors
in rural Kenya: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system using the WHO
STEP-wise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance. ...

[PDF] The Atherogenic Dyslipidemia Ratio Log (Tg)/Hdl-C Was Not Associated with Urinary Albumin Excretion Rate (Uaer) and Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Black …

MF Kajingulu, BF Lepira, INF Mbutiwi, JRR Makulo… - … Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2016
... doi.org/10.1089/met.2011.0108 [28] Nwagha, UI, Ikekpeazu, EJ, Ejezie, FE, Neboh, EE and
Maduka, IC (2010) Atherogenic Index of Plasma as Auseful Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk
among Postmenopausal Women in Enugu, Nigeria. ... Ethnicity & Disease, 21, 490-494 ...

[PDF] Cost-minimization analysis of various pharmaceutical alternatives of clopidogrel bisulfate

A Yahya, WU Naeem, S Bashir, B Murtaza, A Aslam - Pakistan Journal of …, 2016
... Cost- minimization analysis of antimicrobial therapy in a tertiary healthcare institution in nigeria.
J. Pharma. Bio., 5: 47-51. ... Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the indigenous
and immigrant pakistani population: a systematic review. Obes. Facts., 6:523-35. ...

[PDF] Panethnic Differences in Blood Pressure in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

PA Modesti, G Reboldi, FP Cappuccio, C Agyemang… - PloS one, 2016
... SA subjects living in Europe also have elevated risk of coronary heart disease [5,7,8].
Understanding the reasons behind the excess of cardiovascular (CV) risks is crucial for addressing
ethnic inequalities in health also because the ageing of migrant popula- tions carries the ...

[HTML] Nutrition Solutions to Counter Health Impact of Air Pollution: Scientific Evidence of Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Vitamins Alleviating Some Harmful Effects of PM2. …

W Zhang - 2015
... Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the scientific statement
from the american heart association. ... smoke exposure, and pulmonary dysfunction,
oxidant-antioxidant imbalance and systemic inflammation in rural women and children in nigeria. ...

[HTML] Etiological profile and management of epistaxis in Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria: A six year retrospective study

A Adekwu, FA Ibiam, BA Eke - Otolaryngology online journal, 2016
... Makurdi, epistaxis is a significant nasal presentation in the 4 th and 5 th decades of life with
idiopathic pathologies, cardiovascular factors and ... In: Schaefer SD, ed. Rhinology and Sinus
Disease. ... Iseh KR, Mohammed Z. Pattern of epistaxis in Sokoto, Nigeria: A review of 72 cases ...

[PDF] Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl: From Traditional Usage to Pharmacological Evidence

PM Liew, YK Yong - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative …, 2016
... In Southern Nigeria, S. jamaicensis is practiced by women to treat menstrual disorders and female
complaints [7]. The leaves are boiled in water and served as a tea for the women to drink after
childbirth in ... The factors for the development of cardiovascular disease can vary. ...

[HTML] Lipidomic Modulation in Stressed Albino Rats Is Altered by Yolk and Albumen of Quail (Coturnix japonica) Egg and Poultry Feed

E Oluwafemi Ibukun, G Oludare Oladipo - Biochemistry Research International, 2016
... Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most common diseases in the Western world; its
complex aetiology involves both genetic and ... as standard antistress drug (reference drug) and
obtained from Martadol Pharmaceutical Shop, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, and was ...

[HTML] Using Economic Evidence to Set Healthcare Priorities in Low‐Income and Lower‐Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Methodological Frameworks

V Wiseman, C Mitton, MM Doyle‐Waters, T Drake… - Health Economics, 2016
... Schizophrenia, Regional Americas, Africa and South-East Asia + National (Chile,a Nigeria, Sri
Lanka ... tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, illness and mortality in children, tropical diseases, reproductive
health, nutrition, cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease, injury prevention ...

[PDF] Evaluation of Harmful Substances and Health Risk Assessment of Mercury and Arsenic in Cosmetic Brands in Nigeria

JK Nduka, IO Odiba, EI Aghoghome, NL Umedum… - International Journal of …, 2016
... Mercury and Arsenic in Cosmetic Brands in Nigeria ... Correspondence: John Kanayochukwu
Nduka,Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Research Unit, Pure and Industrial Chemistry
Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, PMB 5025, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria ...

[PDF] Predicting pulmonary hypertension and outcomes in patients with left heart disease

D Tamdja, A Innocent - 2015
... 73 3.2. The Sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) .... 73 ... To
all my friends for mutual inspiration and collaboration, especially colleagues of
the Africa heart failure team and the PAPUCO study group. ...



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APOL1 Variants From Parasites to Kidney Function to Cardiovascular Disease

AP Reiner, K Susztak - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2016
... of European ancestry because it developed after modern Europeans left Africa (≈4000 years ...
positive selection pressure might explain such high incidence of a disease-associated allele. ...
The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is also higher in people of African descent ...

Relationship of Body Anthropometry with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Random Community Sample: The Phoenix Lifestyle Project

Y Duki, DP Naidoo - Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, 2016
... 3 Within the diverse population of South Africa, the disease profile varies ... While abdominal (visceral)
adiposity has been recognized as a superior risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
than general (subcutaneous) adiposity, there are little data on other ...

Wrist circumference as a novel negative risk factor for cardiovascular disease among adult men: a median follow-up of 9 years

A Derakhshan, A Eslami, M Bozorgmanesh… - Journal of Endocrinological …, 2016
... association of serum vitamin D with cardiometabolic risk factors in the pediat- ric population of
the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): the ... J, Evans JC, Meigs JB, Wang TJ, Fox CS, Levy D
et al (2005) Low-grade albuminuria and incidence of cardiovascular disease events in ...

Relationship between early growth and CVD risk factors in adolescents.

MG Musa, J Kagura, PT Pisa, SA Norris - … origins of health and disease, 2016
... Paediatrics,MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit,University of
Witwatersrand Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa. Low birth weight and a rapid weight gain
in early childhood may lead to an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease later in ...
... Data on the prevalence of dyslipidaemia in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are scanty, although more
studies on cardiovascular disease risk factors in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have
been documented in the last decade than in the preceding five decades. ...

[HTML] The PARADIGM of Influenza Vaccination in Heart Failure Patients

D Acharya, TM Uyeki - JACC: Heart Failure, 2016
... be a trigger for myocardial infarction, which may either precipitate HF or lead to severe illness
in those with pre-existing HF; 2 randomized, controlled trials of influenza vaccination in patients
with established coronary disease reported efficacy against cardiovascular death (11). ...

[HTML] International Medical Mission Facing Global Increase of Chronic Disease: 2-Year Experience in Bangladesh

J Min - Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2016
... are possibly responsible for the delayed diagnosis and inadequate treatment of cardiovascular
disease. ... in low-resource settings for implementation of essential noncommunicable disease
interventions ... health care for the chronically ill: longitudinal case studies from South Africa. ...
... variable Log (TG)/HDL-c was used as a surrogate estimate of AD [15] [16] and the World Health
Organization (WHO) chart for sub-Saharan Africa to estimate ... [1] Naidoo, DP (2002) The Link
between Microalbuminuria, Endothelial Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease in Di ...

Averting the legacy of kidney disease–Focus on childhood

JR Ingelfinger, K Kalantar-Zadeh, F Schaefer, PKT Li… - Néphrologie & …, 2016
... This ongoing project in SubSaharan Africa and South East Asia, in which four kidney foundations
participate equally (IPNA ... Until recently, however, the WHO consensus statement on
non-communicable diseases (NCD) included cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and ...

ID Snapshot: Studies reveal why chocolate is good for you

HC Meissner - AAP News, 2016
... Although cocoa originated in the Americas, West Africa now produces two-thirds of the world's
cocoa with about 45% coming from the ... as part of a reasonable diet can have a favorable effect
on cognition, blood pressure, body mass index, cardiovascular disease and perhaps ...

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