The heart of Africa : clinical profile of an evolving burden of heart disease in Africa / edited by Simon Stewart, Karen Sliwa, Ana Mocumbi, Albertino Damasceno, Mpiko Ntsekhe.

Chichester, West Sussex : WILEY Blackwell, [2016]

xiv, 263 pages : black and white illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm

Maternal heart health / Karen Sliwa -- Congenital heart disease / Ana Mocumbi, Tantchou Tchoumi, John Musuku -- Acquired heart disease / Ana Mocumbi, Liesl Zuhlke, Peter Zilla -- Cardiovascular risk in urban & rural African settings / Kemi Tibarzarwa, Karen Sliwa, Melinda J Carrington, Okechukwu S Ogah, and Simon Stewart -- The African INTERHEART STUDY / Krisela Steyn and Karen Sliwa -- The spectrum of heart disease in urban Africans : the heart of Soweto study / Melinda Carrington, Karen Sliwa and Simon Stewart -- Rheumatic heart disease / Simon Stewart, Melinda Carrington & Karen Sliwa -- Pericardial disease / Mpiko Ntsekhe -- Human immunodeficiency virus-related heart disease / Friedrich Thienemann, Melinda Carrington, Karen Sliwa, Mpiko Ntsekhe & Simon Stewart -- Acute coronary syndrome in the African context / Anthony Becker -- Stroke in the African context / Albertino Damasceno -- Acute heart failure / Mahmoud Sani, Dike Oji, Anastase Dzudie, Okechukwu Sam Ogah -- Hypertensive heart failure / Dike Ojji, Mahmoud Sani, Anastase Dzudie, Okechukwu Sam Ogah -- Chronic heart failure / Okechukwu Sam Ogah, Anastase Dzudie, Dike OJJi, Mahmoud Sani -- Pulmonary hypertension & right heart failure / Anastase Dzudie, Friedrich Thienemann, Okechukwu Sam Ogah, Dike Ojji, Mahmoud Sa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.