The tip of the iceberg in the sub-Saharan Africa: unraveling the real world in the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure

Luis E Rohde^{1

2}, Andréia Biolo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Heart Failure Program, Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Post-Graduate Program in Cardiology, Medical School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Editorial

Luis E Rohde et al. Heart. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;103(23):1842-1843.

doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311558. Epub 2017 Jun 5.

Luis E Rohde^{1

2}, Andréia Biolo^{1

2}

¹ Advanced Heart Failure Program, Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Post-Graduate Program in Cardiology, Medical School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac imaging and diagnostics; Heart failure.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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