Markers of Atherosclerosis, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in Heart Failure: A Case-Control Study of Middle-Aged Adult Heart Failure Patients in Rural Kenya
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- 作者：Gerald S. Bloomfield&lowast ; ; &dagger ; ; &Dagger ; ; gerald.bloomfield@duke.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Allison K. DeLong§ ; ; Constantine O. Akwanalo‖ ; Joseph W. Hogan¶ ; ; E. Jane Carter# ; &lowast ; &lowast ; ; Daniel F. Aswa&dagger ; &dagger ; ; Cynthia Binanay&dagger ; ; &Dagger ; ; Myra Koech&Dagger ; &Dagger ; ; Sylvester Kimaiyo‖ ; &dagger ; &dagger ; ; Eric J. Velazquez&lowast ; ; &dagger ; ; &Dagger ;
- 刊名：Global Heart
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：11
- 期：1
- 页码：97-107
- 全文大小：727 K
文摘
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The most common cause of heart failure in western Kenya was dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Markers of atherosclerosis were more common in patients with heart failure than in patients without heart failure.
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Ischemic heart disease was the second most common cause of heart failure in men.
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Use of guideline-directed medical therapy was low.
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Inattention to atherosclerosis in Kenya may ignore a common cause of heart failure.