ReviewJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2019
Arrhythmia care in Africa.
Review in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of the Spectrum of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Sub-Saharan Africa.Global heart · 2020Pooled it
- Evaluating the digital health technology landscape in sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for cardiovascular health.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2025Review
- Co-occurrence patterns and related risk factors of ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes in burden of disability-adjusted life years among people aged 55 years and older across 203 countries and territories.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Electrical storm in a middle-aged man.Ghana medical journal · 2023Article
- Types and Outcomes of Arrhythmias in a Cardiac Care Unit in Western Kenya: A Prospective Study.Global heart · 2023Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for atrial fibrillation in a semi-rural sub-Saharan African population: The hEart oF ethiopia: Focus on Atrial Fibrillation (TEFF-AF) Study.Heart rhythm O2 · 2022Article
- Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at a Selected Training Hospital in Namibia: A Cross-Sectional Survey.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
Data on cardiovascular disease, including arrhythmias, in Africa is limited. However, the burden of cardiovascular disease appears to be on the rise. Recent global data suggests an increase in atrial fibrillation rates despite declining rates of rheumatic heart disease. Atrial fibrillation is also associated with increased mortality in Africa. Current management with medical therapy is sub-optimal and ablation procedures, inaccessible. Atrial fibrillation is also an independent risk factor for death in patients with rheumatic heart disease. Sudden cardiac deaths from ventricular arrhythmias are under-recognized and inadequately treated with very high rates out of hospital cardiac arrest due to poor education of the general public on cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills and lack of essential healthcare infrastructure. Use of cardiac devices such as implantable defibrillators and pacemakers is low with significant regional variations and is almost non-existent in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a great unmet need for arrhythmia diagnosis and management in Africa. Governments and healthcare stakeholders need to include cardiovascular disease as a healthcare priority given the rising burden of disease and associated mortality.
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