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SUBMITTER: Nyaga UF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988512 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nyaga Ulrich Flore UF Bigna Jean Joel JJ Agbor Valirie N VN Essouma Mickael M Ntusi Ntobeko A B NAB Noubiap Jean Jacques JJ
Data in brief 20180212
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), chronic non-communicable diseases and cardiovascular diseases in particular, are progressively taking over infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Heart failure is a major public health problem in the region. We summarize here available data on the prevalence, aetiologies, treatment, rates and predictors of mortality due to heart failure in SSA. ...[more]