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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. Similarly, while high–income countries exclusively deal with non–communicable forms of heart disease, Africa contends with both communicable and non–communicable forms of heart disease. In clear contrast to regions such as Europe and North America, case complexity is often high and available resources from the individual to societal perspective (particularly primary health care services) are often sub–optimal.

This book presents the most salient research detailing the evolving burden of communicable and non–communicable forms of heart disease published within the past decade. It is designed to give anyone with an interest in heart disease in Africa an immediate sense of where we are, from a clinical to research perspective, in responding to this evolving epidemic.

The six sections in this book include; maternal heart health and pediatric heart disease, risk and prevention, infectious heart disease, non–communicable disease, and heart failure and the cardiomyopathies.

Considers the progress of cardiac healthcare in Africa, summarising and interpreting recent studies and the lessons that can be drawn from their outcomes;

Includes recommendations drawn from study results and discussion points on the future direction of healthcare management and therapies;

Each chapter contains helpful summary tables and is thoughtfully referenced, providing further direction for readers on that topic.

This book will be of interest to health care workers, specialist clinicians, public health practitioners and health policy makers with an interest in cardiac health care in developing nations.

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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. Similarly, while high–income countries exclusively deal with non–communicable forms of heart disease, Africa contends with both communicable and non–communicable forms of heart disease. In clear contrast to regions such as Europe and North America, case complexity is often high and available resources from the individual to societal perspective (particularly primary health care services) are often sub–optimal.

This book presents the most salient research detailing the evolving burden of communicable and non–communicable forms of heart disease published within the past decade. It is designed to give anyone with an interest in heart disease in Africa an immediate sense of where we are, from a clinical to research perspective, in responding to this evolving epidemic.

The six sections in this book include; maternal heart health and pediatric heart disease, risk and prevention, infectious heart disease, non–communicable disease, and heart failure and the cardiomyopathies.

Considers the progress of cardiac healthcare in Africa, summarising and interpreting recent studies and the lessons that can be drawn from their outcomes;

Includes recommendations drawn from study results and discussion points on the future direction of healthcare management and therapies;

Each chapter contains helpful summary tables and is thoughtfully referenced, providing further direction for readers on that topic.

This book will be of interest to health care workers, specialist clinicians, public health practitioners and health policy makers with an interest in cardiac health care in developing nations.

Contents:

List of contributors

Foreword – Bongani M Mayosi

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Sub–Saharan Africa & the Heart of Africa Book: A brief Introduction

Section 1: Maternal Heart Health
Karen Sliwa

1. Maternal Heart Health
Karen Sliwa

Section 2: Infant and Childhood Heart Disease
Ana Mocumbi

2. Congenital Heart Disease
Ana Mocumbi, Tantchou Tchoumi, John Musuku

3. Acquired Heart Disease
Ana Mocumbi, Liesl Zuhlke, Peter Zilla

Section 3: Spectrum of Cardiovascular Risk and Heart Disease in Sub–Saharan Africa
Simon Stewart

4. Cardiovascular Risk in Urban & Rural African Settings
Kemi Tibarzarwa, Karen Sliwa, Melinda J Carrington, Okechukwu S Ogah, and Simon Stewart

5. The African INTERHEART STUDY
Krisela Steyn and Karen Sliwa

6. The Spectrum of Heart Disease in Urban Africans: The Heart of Soweto Study
Melinda Carrington, Karen Sliwa and Simon Stewart

Section 4: Infectious Heart Disease
Mpiko Ntsekhe

7. Rheumatic Heart Disease
Simon Stewart, Melinda Carrington & Karen Sliwa

8. Pericardial Disease
Mpiko Ntsekhe

9. Human Immunodeficiency Virus–related Heart Disease
Friedrich Thienemann, Melinda Carrington, Karen Sliwa, Mpiko Ntsekhe & Simon Stewart

Section 5: Non–Communicable Disease
Albertino Damasceno

10. Acute Coronary Syndrome in the African Context
Anthony Becker

11. Stroke in the African Context
Albertino Damasceno

Section 6: Heart Failure
Simon Stewart

12. Acute heart failure
Mahmoud Sani, Dike Oji, Anastase Dzudie, Okechukwu Sam Ogah

13. Hypertensive Heart Failure
Dike Ojji, Mahmoud Sani, Anastase Dzudie, Okechukwu Sam Ogah

14. Chronic heart failure
Okechukwu Sam Ogah, Anastase Dzudie, Dike OJJi, Mahmoud Sani

15. Pulmonary Hypertension & Right Heart Failure
Anastase Dzudie, Friedrich Thienemann, Okechukwu Sam Ogah, Dike Ojji, Mahmoud Sani

Index