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. 1975 May 31;49(23):926-30.

Cardiac disease in Malawi

K G Brown, W H Willis
  • PMID: 1135727

Cardiac disease in Malawi

K G Brown et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

A prospective clinical study of 114 Malawian patients with cardiac disease seen at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, is presented. Rheumatic and hypertensive heart disease, cardiorenal failure and severe anaemia were the most common causes. Pericardial disease, mainly due to tuberculosis, was an important treatable cause of cardiac disease. Endomyocardial fibrosis was not diagnosed with certainty and cardiomyopathy was relatively uncommon. Ischaemic heart disease was not seen.

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