ArticlePloS one2011
Prevalence of heart failure and atrial fibrillation in minority ethnic subjects: the Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study (E-ECHOES).
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- Disparities in cardiovascular disease among Caribbean populations: a systematic literature review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
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- Ethnic Differences in Atrial Fibrillation in the United Kingdom.JACC. Advances · 2024Article
- Long term changes in health-related quality of life for people with heart failure: the ECHOES study.ESC heart failure · 2023Article
- Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: A qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives.Chronic illness · 2022Article
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- Predictors of diastolic dysfunction in ethnic groups: observations from the Hypertensive Cohort of The Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study (E-ECHOES).Journal of human hypertension · 2018Article
- Renal dysfunction and diastolic impairment among British ethnic minorities with hypertension: the Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
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- Premature Cardiac Aging in South Asian Compared to Afro-Caribbean Subjects in a Community-Based Screening Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2016Article
- Disparities in diabetes mellitus among Caribbean populations: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2015Article
- Atrial fibrillation incidence and risk factors in relation to race-ethnicity and the population attributable fraction of atrial fibrillation risk factors: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Annals of epidemiology · 2015Article
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- Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study: objectives, methods, and cohort description.Clinical cardiology · 2013Article
- Projections on the number of individuals with atrial fibrillation in the European Union, from 2000 to 2060.European heart journal · 2013Article
- Heart failure among South Asians: a narrative review of risk, nature, outcomes and management.Heart failure reviews · 2013Review
- Population health status of South Asian and African-Caribbean communities in the United Kingdom.BMC health services research · 2012Article
- Initiation and persistence with warfarin therapy in atrial fibrillation according to ethnicity.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2012Article
- Influence of ethnic background on left atrial markers of inflammation, endothelial function and tissue remodelling.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLimited data exists on the prevalence of heart failure amongst minority groups in the UK. To document the community prevalence and severity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation, amongst the South Asian and Black African-Caribbean groups in the UK. METHODS AND
resultsWe conducted a cross-sectional study recruiting from September 2006 to July 2009 from 20 primary care centres in Birmingham, UK. 10,902 eligible subjects invited, 5,408 participated (49.6%) and 5,354 had complete data (49.1%). Subjects had median age 58.2 years (interquartile range 51.0 to 70.0), and 2544 (47.5%) were male. Of these, 1933 (36.3%) had BMI>30 kg/m(2), 1,563 (29.2%) had diabetes, 2676 (50.0%) had hypertension, 307 (5.7%) had a history of myocardial infarction, and 104 (1.9%) had history of arrhythmia. Overall, 59 (1.1%) had an Ejection Fraction<40%, and of these 40 (0.75%) were NYHA class ≥2; 51 subjects (0.95%) had atrial fibrillation. Of the remaining 19 patients with an EF<40%, only 4 patients were treated with furosemide. A further 54 subjects had heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
conclusionsThis is the largest study of the prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure and atrial fibrillation in under-researched minority communities in the UK. The prevalence of heart failure in these minority communities appears comparable to that of the general population but less than anticipated given the high rates of cardiovascular disease in these groups. Heart failure continues to be a major cause of morbidity in all ethnic groups and preventive strategies need to be identified and implemented.
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