Managing Heart Failure in Africa
Publications relevant to managing heart failure in Africa.
Stewart S, Wilkinson D, Hansen C, Vaghela J, Mvungi R, McMurray J Sliwa K Predominance of Heart Failure in the Heart of Soweto Study Cohort: Challenges for Urban African Communities. Circulation 2008;118, 4 Dec.
Sliwa K, Mocumbi AO, Forgotten Cardiovascular Diseases in Africa. Clin Res Cardiol. 2009, Epub, DOI 10.1007/S00392-009-00941.
Sliwa K., Blauwet L, Tibazarwa K, Libhaber E, Smedema JP, Becker A, McMurray J, Yamac H, Labidi S, Struhman I and Hilfiker-Kleiner D Evaluation of Bromocriptine in the Treatment of Acute Severe Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study. Circulation 2010: 22 March.
Sliwa K, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Petrie M, Mebazaa A, Pieske B, Buchmann E, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Schaufelberger M, Tavazzi L, van Veldhuisen D, Watkins H, Shah A, Seferovic P, Elkayam U, Pankuweit S, Papp Z, Mouquet F, and McMurray J Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2010: 1 August
Sliwa K, Fett J and Elkayam U Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Lancet 2006: 19 August
Laflamme M. A and Murray C. E, Heart regeneration. Review. 2011:19 May
Balard V. L. T. Stem cells for heart failure in the aging heart, Heart Fail Rev. 2010
Inglis C. S, Stewart S, Papachan A, Vaghela V, Libhaber V, Veriava Y, Sliwa K, Anaemia and renal function in heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, The European Journal of Heart Failure, 2007
Pretorius S, Sliwa K, Ruf R, Walker K, Stewart S, Feeding the emergence of advanced heart disease in Soweto: a nutritional survey of black African patients with heart failure, Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 2011: July
Case presentation 1: A morbidly obese but nonsmoking and nondiabetic 44-year-old African woman (body mass index, 41kg/m2) presents with exertional dyspnea to a primary healthcare clinic in Soweto, adjacent to Johannesburg, South Africa. She seeks medical attention for the first time. [Download PDF]
Sliwa K, Stewart S and Gersh B Hypertension: A Global Perspective. Circulation 2011: 21 June