Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry.

K, Sliwa; BA, Davison; BM, Mayosi; A, Damasceno; M, Sani; OS, Ogah; C, Mondo; D, Ojji; A, Dzudie; Kouam C, Kouam; A, Suliman; N, Schrueder; G, Yonga; SA, Ba; F, Maru; B, Alemayehu; C, Edwards; G, Cotter

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht393

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Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry.

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Sliwa K

Davison BA

Mayosi BM

Abstract

Aims Contrary to elderly patients with ischaemic-related acute heart failure (AHF) typically enrolled in North American and European registries, patients enrolled in the sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) were middle-aged with AHF due primarily to non-ischaemic causes. We sought ...

Subject

Prognosis

Sub-Saharan Africa

Heart Failure

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