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What are the causes, treatment, and outcomes of acute heart failure in African patients?
What are the causes, treatment, and outcomes of acute heart failure in African patients?
Acute heart failure in Africa is predominantly nonischemic (driven by hypertension) and affects middle-aged adults with high mortality, demonstrating a dire prognosis globally regardless of etiology.
May guide hypertension-focused prevention in African AHF; extends global registries yet remains hypothesis-generating.
In African patients, AHF has a predominantly nonischemic cause, most commonly hypertension. The condition occurs in middle-aged adults, equally in men and women, and is associated with high mortality. The outcome is similar to that observed in non-African AHF registries, suggesting that AHF has a dire prognosis globally, regardless of the cause.
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