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Minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implantation for the treatment of rheumatic heart disease in developing countries

T Saidi, T Douglas - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2016

... complications, such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic embolic events and infective
Page 5. ... Surgery is often required to repair or replace heart valves in patients with ... inhabitants in
sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa stands at a ratio of 1:33.3 which ...

Re: URINARY ANGIOTENSINOGEN: AN INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR OF THE INTRARENAL RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM?

AJ Woodiwiss - 2016

... Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty
of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Urinary
angiotensinogen is correlated with blood pressure in men (Bogalusa Heart Study). ...

[PDF] Xanthine oxidase inhibitors in ischaemic heart disease

M Zdrenghea, A Sitar-Tǎut, G Cismaru, D Zdrenghea… - … JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2016

... Review Article Page 2. CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Advance Online Publication,
September 2016 2 AFRICA endothelial dysfunction in patients with diseases including congestive
heart failure, the metabolic syndrome, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. ...

[HTML] Surgery for rheumatic mitral valve disease in sub-saharan African countries: why valve repair is still the best surgical option

CM Mvondo, M Pugliese, A Giamberti, D Chelo… - Pan African Medical Journal, 2016

... of this surgery promoted by Carpentier [1] were developed in the rheumatic heart disease (RHD ...
RHD is still endemic in many poor regions such as sub-Saharan Africa; however, prosthetic ... repair
of rheumatic valves is often associated with a high rate of failure and reoperation [2 ...

[HTML] Recent advances in cardiac magnetic resonance

S Greulich, AE Arai, U Sechtem, H Mahrholdt - F1000Research, 2016

... anemia characterized by abnormal hemoglobin production but is particularly prevalent in the
Middle East, West Africa, and the ... Since 1999, mortality from heart failure in patients with
thalassemia improved markedly, an improvement attributed to better identification and better ...

[PDF] Gestational weight gain in a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy

A Sakamoto, T Umazume, M Morikawa - Crit Care Obst&Gyne, 2016

... 3. Desai D, Moodley J, Naidoo D (1995) Peripartum cardiomyopathy: experiences at King Edward
VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa and a review of the literature. ... 2005) Disruption of coordinated
cardiac hypertrophy and angiogenesis contributes to the transition to heart failure. ...

A study of the frequency and pattern of non-drug therapies among patients with some cardiovascular diseases at the university of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, …

SE Aghaghowa, F Asulimen, IC Eze - Annals of Biomedical Sciences, 2016

... Result: Among the four hundred and five patients that participated, 67.64% were Hypertensive,
23.05% were Diabetic and 9.31% had Congestive Heart Failure. ... Keywords: Pattern; Non-drug
therapies; lifestyle; hypertension; diabetes; heart failure. Full Text: ...

The changing face of cardiovascular disease 2000–2012: An analysis of the world health organisation global health estimates data

CJ McAloon, LM Boylan, T Hamborg, N Stallard… - International Journal of …, 2016

... 10, Hypertensive heart disease, 1,141,210 (2.041%) [2.04 – 2.05], 16.1. ... across all regions and
genders is that there is rapid increase in CVD mortality once > 60years old (p < 0.001 for difference
in rates between < 60 and ≥ 60 years for all regions expect Africa where p = 0.012). ...

[HTML] Prognostic effect of tuberculosis on patients with occupational lung diseases: A 13-year observational study in a nationwide cohort

CL Hung, PL Su, CY Ou - Medicine, 2016

Abstract: Occupational lung diseases are well recognized
risk factors for tuberculosis (TB). However.

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: A 40 years' Experience Analysis

A Lemaire, S DiFilippo, JJ Parienti, O Metton, J Mitchell… - The Thoracic and …, 2016

... Patients' demographics, medical preoperative characteristics (symptoms, clinical data including
signs of heart failure, hemodynamic parameters, oxygen saturation, mechanical respiratory support,
nitric oxide utilization, drugs, and medications), echocardiographic ...

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Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans

Y Breet, AE Schutte, HW Huisman, FC Eloff… - European Journal of Clinical …, 2016

... Cause of death statistics for South Africa: Challenges and possibilities for improvement. Cape
Town: South African Medical Research Council 2010. ... Airflow obstruction, lung function, and risk
of incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. ...

[HTML] Cabergoline in the Treatment of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

JD Fett - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia/RBGO …, 2016

... in South Africa, evaluated the effect of prolactin lock with bromocriptine. Treatment with this
medicament was administered after the diagnosis at a dosage of 2.5 mg twice a day for 2 weeks
followed by 2.5 mg a day for 6 weeks, in addition to the standard heart failure therapy in ...

[HTML] Changing Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection in China

W Chen, B Liao, F Hu, J Nie, Y Lan, H Li, R Lu, Y Gao… - PloS one, 2016

... 5].The novel genotype 7 was identified in patients from Canada and Belgium, possibly infected
in Central Africa [6]. ... HCV) therapy previously, and (5) individuals with decompensated cirrhosis,
severe cytopenias, pregnancy, breast-feeding status, renal failure, heart failure, or an ...

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in a global cohort of 57,885 statin-treated patients

AK Gitt, D Lautsch, J Ferrieres, J Kastelein, H Drexel… - Atherosclerosis, 2016

... a structured, centralized data collection and was conducted globally in multiple countries across
Europe, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, and Asia ... Cardiovascular disease, defined as any of
CHD, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, or PAD, was noted for 51.8% of patients. ...

[PDF] Prevalence and Phenotypic Expression of Mutations in the MYH7, MYBPC3 and TNNT2 Genes in Families with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the South of Brazil: A …

BP e Mattos, FL Scolari, MAR Torres, L Simon - Arq Bras Cardiol, 2016

... North Africa,27 Europe9,23,24 Europe, as well as in Brazil.34 The mutation p.Met877Ile, novel,
was ... on Practice Guidelines; American Association for Thoracic Surgery; American Society of
Echocardiography; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology; Heart Failure Society of ...

[HTML] Advocacy for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation globally

AS Babu, F Lopez-Jimenez, RJ Thomas… - BMC Health Services …, 2016

... cardiac rehabilitation, AACVPR American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation, HF heart failure. ... of national income (American dollars) will be lost to heart disease,
stroke ... Ukraine, Egypt, Argentina, Burma, Iran, Poland, South Africa, Philippines, Colombia ...

Eligibility For And Enrollment In Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management Programs Varies By Plan Sponsor

B Stuart, FB Hendrick, X Shen, M Dai, SE Tom… - Health Affairs, 2016

... 1 The core conditions are six specific diseases (Alzheimer's, chronic heart failure,
diabetes, dyslipidemia, end-stage renal disease, and hypertension) and three disease
areas (respiratory disease, bone disease, and mental illness). ...

[HTML] Pediatric blood transfusion practices at a regional referral hospital in Kenya

HM Nabwera, G Fegan, J Shavadia, D Denje… - Transfusion, 2016

... Severe anemia resulting in significant morbidity and mortality is common in children in
sub-Saharan Africa and urgent blood transfusion is a ... of 20 mL/kg is recommended (10 mL/kg
red blood cells [RBCs] preferred when available for children with heart failure and severe acute ...

Dietary sodium and potassium intakes: Data from urban and rural areas

C Mizéhoun-Adissoda, D Houinato, C Houehanou… - Nutrition, 2016

... At the population level, relatively few studies have assessed salt and potassium
intakes in Africa, and national estimates have often be derived from statistical modeling
techniques using data from different countries [9] and [13]. ...

A practical approach to Events Medicine provision

SP Smith, JF Cosgrove, PJ Driscoll, A Smith, J Butler… - Emergency Medicine …, 2016

... of relatively low frequency but further evidence from risk modelling at Ellis Park Stadium,
Johannesburg, South Africa, and Old ... for managing the following should be considered: acute
breathlessness (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure), acute coronary ...

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[PP. 05.02] SERUM THROMBOSPONDIN-2 IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH INSULIN RESISTANCE IN A GENERAL POPULATION.

N Morikawa, H Adachi, M Enomoto, A Fukami… - Journal of Hypertension, 2016

... Recent studies have shown that TSP-2 is useful as a prognostic factor of patients with heart failure
and associ- ated ... 1South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA,
2Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, 3Cape Peninsula University of ...

[HTML] How comprehensively is evidence-based practice represented in councils on chiropractic education (CCE) educational standards: a systematic audit

SI Innes, C Leboeuf-Yde, BF Walker - Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2016

... More recently a large number of chiropractic programs in Europe, South Africa, Australia and
Canada became signatories to a position statement on the vertebral subluxation complex as
a ... Use of evidence-based therapy and survival in heart failure in Sweden 2003-2012. ...

The activating profession. Coaching and coercing in the welfare services

A Hagelund, S van Thiel, S van Thiel - International Journal of Public Sector …, 2016

... Nguyen, VK. (2013), “Counselling against HIV in Africa: a genealogy og confessional ... Sanders,
T and Harrison, S. (2008), “Professional legitimacy claims in the multidisciplinary workplace:
the case of heart failure care”, Sociology of Health and Illness 30(2): 289-308. St. prp. ...

The Application of Salutogenesis in Hospitals 27

C Dietscher, U Winter, JM Pelikan - The Handbook of Salutogenesis, 2017

... The majority of these are on frequent, severe, and chronic diseases such as heart diseases (22%),
cancers (15%), severe mental health problems (14%), or diabetes (7%). Some papers also
address patients with chronic conditions in general, or with rare diseases, such as ...

How to Become Globalized Without Losing Your Mind: A Conversation with Alain Mabanckou

R Soumaré - World Literature Today, 2016

... made people think Africa was the continent of darkness, which was a reference to Conrad's Heart
of Darkness ... But it remains a book about Africa and how a human being is trying to face his ... in the
country you leftfor twenty years, they're going to think that you returned as a failure. ...

[PDF] Prevalence of Cardiac Risk Factors in Ischemic Stroke in a University Medical Center in Tehran

A Mostafavi, P Sekhavatfar, SA Tabatabaei…

... 2. Adeloye D. An estimate of the incidence and prevalence of stroke in Africa: a systematic review
and meta-analysis. ... Vasan RS, Larson, ScD MG, Benjamin EJ, Evans JC, Reiss CK, Levy D.
Congestive heart failure in subjects with normal versus reduced left ventricular ejection ...

China's Infrastructure Play: Why Washington Should Accept the New Silk Road

G Luft - Foreign Affairs, 2016

... In 2013, Beijing unveiled a plan to connect dozens of economies across Eurasia and East Africa
through a ... It will extend from the Pacific to the heart of Europe, stimulate some $4 trillion in ... The
United States' failure to properly respond to the B&R is especially striking given that ...

ОЗШГЦЗЖ ТОГХПГ ОЗШЗОХ СИ КͷͽǦ related cytokines are associated with increased risk of atrial fiДФЛООГЦЛСР

M Zhangͷ, M Shu, Z Song, Y Liͷ, L Zhong

... Circulating Th17 cells are not elevated in patients with chronic heart failure. Scand Cardiovasc
J. 46, 295–300 (2012). 13. ... The Th17/Treg imbalance exists in patients with heart failure with normal
ejection fraction and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Clin Chim Acta. ...

42nd National Physiology Congress

MG Yaşargil - Biol Med

... Higher frequency of sickle cell anemia mutati- ons in certain regions of Africa is considered to
be associated with a heterozygous ... pH of the nucleus.I will speculate on how this system may
become distorted in disease processes such as myo- cardial ischaemia and heart failure.

Applying the Capability Approach in Health Economic Evaluations

PM Mitchell, TE Roberts, PM Barton, J Coast - What Is Enough?: Sufficiency, Justice, …, 2016

... 13 Practical examples of allocative efficiency studies linked with the CBA framework within health
care include comparing helicopter ambulance services, heart op- erations and hip replacements,
14 and mental health care compared to cancer and elderly care. ...

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[PDF] Cardiovascular Topics

JC Mwita, MJ Dewhurst, MGMD Magafu… - … JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2016

... References 1. Ntusi NB, Mayosi BM. Epidemiology of heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa. Expert
Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2009; 7(2): 169–180. 2. Onwuchekwa AC, Asekomeh GE. ... Heart failure in
sub-Saharan Africa: time for action. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 50(17): 1688–1693. ...

[PDF] Aqueous root extract of Dicoma anomala Sond ameliorates isoproterenol–induced myocardial infarction in Wistar rats

FO Balogun, AOT Ashafa - Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2016

... Antioxidant and oxidative stress changes during heart failure subsequent to myocardial infarction
in rats. ... induced myocardial necrosis and membrane permeability alterations in the isolated
perfused rabbit heart. ... A review of ethnobotanical research in Southern Africa. ...

Patterns and trends in mortality among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients in a major Internal Medicine Unit in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study

J Mbuagbaw, AM Jingi, JJN Noubiap, AD Kaze… - JRSM Open, 2016

... HIV-infected patients died of chronic organic diseases like heart failure, stroke, liver disease,
kidney disease and diabetes. ... 5,12 This rejects the hypothesis that HIV-infected individuals in
Africa die at a relatively earlier degree of immunosuppression because of disease caused ...

Conotruncal Heart Defect Repair in Sub-Saharan Africa Remarkable Outcomes Despite Poor Access to Treatment

F Edwin, K Entsua-Mensah, LA Sereboe, MM Tettey… - … and Congenital Heart …, 2016

... In four of these countries, open-heart surgery is not regularly available, and current volumes are
<100 operations a year for both children and ... Failure to upgrade the current infrastructure will
have important economic consequences in the future: Africa's population is ...

[HTML] The Cold Dusty Harmattan: A Season of Anguish for Cardiologists and Patients

BN Okeahialam - Environmental Health Insights, 2016

... F, Hountodji YC, Henry S, Ozer P. What do we know about effects of desert dust on air quality
and human health in West Africa compared to ... Boulay F, Berthier F, Sisteron O, Gendreila Y, Gibelin
P. Seasonal variation in chronic heart failure hospitalizations and mortality in France ...

[PP. 11.07] THE POLISH REGISTRY FOR FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA-THE PRELIMINARY REPORT OF CLINICAL FEATURES, SYMPTOMS AND …

K Hanus, E Warchol-Celinska, A Prejbisz, E Florczak… - Journal of Hypertension, 2016

... Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 2School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Objective: The initial ... None of
them had symptoms of heart failure, ejection fraction < 50%, and eGFR < 30 mL/min. ...

Twenty Years of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery A Single-Center African Experience

MA Long, FE Smit, SC Brown - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart …, 2016

... Kempny et al 1 identified South Africa as one of the African countries without any scientific output
in the ... in our study was low, probably due to the fact that patients with hypoplastic left heart
syndrome are ... The patient demised 87 days postoperatively in multisystem organ failure. ...

[PP. 05.03] GLYCATED PROTEINS ARE NOT OPTIMAL DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS OF ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST DEFINED ABNORMAL GLUCOSE …

A Kengne, RT Erasmus, TE Matsha - Journal of Hypertension, 2016

... Recent studies have shown that TSP-2 is useful as a prognostic factor of patients with heart failure
and associ- ated ... 1South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA,
2Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, 3Cape Peninsula University of ...

The Role of Blood Transfusion in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

A Vlahou, K Diplaris, F Ampatzidou, L Karagounnis… - The Thoracic and …, 2016

... Postoperative AF was associated with the following preoperative variables: a higher EuroSCORE
II (p < 0.05), history of carotid disease (p = 0.01), peripheral vascular disease (p = 0.03), chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (p = 0.03), preoperative heart failure (p = 0.01), and ...

[PDF] Strategies for Better Hypertension Control in India and Other Lower Middle Income Countries

R Gupta, RS Khedar, RB Panwar - Journal of The Association of Physicians of India, 2016

... Low quality (score) UK-NICE (6.0) Canada (6.0) Australasia (4.5) Japanese (4.0) European
(3.5) Malaysia (3.0) Latin America (3.0) Saudi Arabia (3.5) South Africa (3.0) Poland (3.0) India
(2.5) ... BP Targets: Kidney disease, heart failure <130/80 <140/90 <140/90 <140/90 ...

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