A Systematic Review of the Spectrum of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Matthew F. Yuyun (Author), Aimé Bonny (Author), G. André Ng (Author), Karen Sliwa (Author), Andre Pascal Kengne (Author), Ashley Chin (Author), Ana Olga Mocumbi (Author), Marcus Ngantcha (Author), Olujimi A. Ajijola (Author), Gene Bukhman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Major structural cardiovascular diseases are associated with cardiac arrhythmias, but their full spectrum remains unknown in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which we addressed in this systematic review. Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) prevalence is 16-22% in heart failure, 10-28% in rheumatic...