HEART FAILURE AS AN ENTRY POINT FOR SEVERE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH NURSE-LED DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AT DISTRICT HOSPITALS IN RURAL RWANDA

Lauren Eberly,Emmanuel Rusingiza,Paul H. Park,Gedeon Ngoga,Symaque Dusabeyezu,Francis Mutabazi,Emmanuel Harerimana,Joseph Mucumbitsi,Philippe F. Nyembo,Ryan Borg,Cyprien Gahamanyi,Cadet Mutumbira,Evariste Ntaganda,Gene F. Kwan,Gene Bukhman

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY（2018）

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Abstract

Heart failure causes significant morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Access to care is limited, especially outside of urban referral hospitals. A task-shifting strategy to provide heart failure care within integrated noncommunicable disease (NCD) public district clinics supported by

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heart failure,severe cardiovascular disease,cardiovascular disease,rwanda,sub-saharan,nurse-led

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