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. 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.
- Designed to provide anyone with an interest in heart disease in Africa with an immediate sense of how the area is progressing from a clinical to research perspective in responding to this evolving epidemic
- Presents salient research uncovering the evolving burden of communicable and non-communicable forms of heart disease,
- Includes content on maternal heart disease, infant and childhood heart disease, risk and prevention, heart failure and other common forms of heart disease in rural and urban communities in Africa.
About the Author: Simon Stewart PhD, NFESC, FAHA, FCSANZ
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research,
Australian Catholic University,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Karen Sliwa MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa;
Soweto Cardiovascular Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.
Ana Mocumbi MD, PhD, FESC
Instituto Nacional de Saude Ministerio da Saude Doencas Cronicas
Nao Transmissiveis Instituto
Maputo, Mocambique
Albertino Damasceno MD, PhD
Departamento de Medicina/Faculdade de Medicina
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Maputo, Moçambique
Mpiko Ntsekhe MD, PhD, FACC
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine,
University of Cape Town,
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
