ReviewCardiovascular journal of Africa2012
Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa: present status and the way forward.
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- Genetics of inherited cardiomyopathies in Africa.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2020Review
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- Genetic profile of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Tunisia: Is it different?Global cardiology science & practice · 2015Article
- Cardiomyopathies: Evolution of pathogenesis concepts and potential for new therapies.World journal of cardiology · 2014Review
- Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa: present status and the way forward.Cardiovascular journal of Africa · 2013Article
- Isolated left ventricular non-compaction in Africa: elucidating myths.Cardiovascular journal of Africa · 2013Article
- Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa: present status and the way forward.Cardiovascular journal of Africa · 2013Article
- Blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension and hypertension related complications in Nigerian Africans: A review.World journal of cardiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
A review of heart diseases in Africa shows that the cardiomyopathies continue to be important causes of morbidity and mortality in the population. Hypertension remains the commonest cause of myocardial disease, followed by the cardiomyopathies. Ischaemic heart disease continues to be rare. Of the cardiomyopathies, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is still the commonest. A large proportion of patients diagnosed with DCM in Africa have been shown to be cases of hypertensive heart failure, with varying degrees of myocardial dysfunction. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which in the past was thought to be rare among Africans, has been shown to have the same prevalence as in other parts of the world. Moreover it is now known to be a genetic disorder. Endomyocardial fibrosis has become rare in communities where it used to be common. Its aetiology continues to be elusive. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy has been reported among Africans but there are no reports of left ventricular non-compaction or the ion channelopathies from Africa. Lenegre disease and the long-QT syndromes are well-known entities in clinical practice in Africa although long-QT in Africa is associated with potassium deficiency arising from prolonged treatment with diuretics. Left ventricular non-ischaemic aneurysms still occur but are rare. In view of these, a new classification of myocardial disorders was proposed for Africa.
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