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Rationale and design of the Pan African Pulmonary hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) study: implementing a contemporary registry on pulmonary hypertension in Africa

Thienemann, Friedrich; Dzudie, Anastase; Mocumbi, Ana O; Blauwet, Lori; Sani, Mahmoud U; Karaye, Kamilu M; Ogah, Okechukwu S; Mbanze, Irina; Mbakwem, Amam; Udo, Patience; Tibazarwa, Kemi; Ibrahim, Ahmed S; Burton, Rosie.

BMJ Open; 4 (10), 2014

Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a devastating, progressive disease with increasingly debilitating symptoms and usually shortened overall life expectancy due to a narrowing of the pulmonary vasculature and consecutive right heart failure. Little is known about PH in Africa, but limited report...

Africa, Cohort Studies, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Research Design, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right

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An innovative technique for the relief of right ventricular trabecular cavity obliteration in endomyocardial fibrosis

Mocumbi , ana olga; Yacoub, magdi; Vouhe, pascal; Sidi, daniel.

J. thorac. cardiovasc. sur; 134 (4), 2007

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) mainly affects persons from Africa, South America, and Asia.1 The pathogenesis of this condition remains unknown. In advanced forms, EMF produces marked disability and carries a poor prognosis. Although there is consensus about the potential value of surgical intervention in...

Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods, Treatment Outcome, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right, Heart Ventricles

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