The Heart of Africa: Clinical Profile of an Evolving Burden of Heart Disease in Africa

While many high-income countries observe a relative decline in the population impact of heart disease and deal with the problem of an older patient population who readily survive earlier non-fatal encounters with the condition, Africa contends with a typically younger population with frequently advanced and often fatal heart disease. While high-income countries exclusively dealwith non-communicable forms of heart disease, Africa contends with both communicable and non-communicable forms of heart disease.

• Designed to provide anyone with an interest in heart disease in Africa with an immediate sense of how the area is progressing from a clinical to research perspective in responding to this evolving epidemic
• Presents salient research uncovering the evolving burden of communicable and non-communicable forms of heart disease,
• Includes content on maternal heart disease, infant and childhood heart disease, risk and prevention, heart failure and other common forms of heart disease in rural and urban communities in Africa.

Nyckelord: Africa; communicable and non-communicable heart disease; maternal heart disease; infant and childhood heart disease; risk and prevention; heart failure; epidemiological transition; PASCAR; The Pan-African Society of Cardiology; The Heart of Africa; Simon Stewart; Congenital heart disease; CHD; Acquired Heart Disease; The African INTERHEART Study; Rheumatic heart disease; Pericardial Disease; HIV; Acute coronary syndrome; Stroke; Cardiomyopathy; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart failure; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Heart of Soweto Study; THESUS