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. 2018 Feb 12:17:1218-1239.
doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.100. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Data on the epidemiology of heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ulrich Flore Nyaga  1 , Jean Joel Bigna  2 , Valirie N Agbor  3 , Mickael Essouma  1 , Ntobeko A B Ntusi  4   5   6 , Jean Jacques Noubiap  4
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Data on the epidemiology of heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ulrich Flore Nyaga et al. Data Brief. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Aetiologies; Heart failure; Mortality; Prevalence; Sub-Saharan Africa; Treatment.

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