Justin R Kingery, Nicholas L Roberts, Jean Lookens Pierre, Rodney Sufra, Eliezer Dade, Vanessa Rouzier, Rodolphe Malebranche, Michel Theard, Parag Goyal, Altaf Pirmohamed, Lily D Yan, Myung Hee Lee, Denis Nash, Miranda Metz, Robert N Peck, Monika M Safford, Daniel Fitzgerald, Marie M Deschamps, Jean W Pape, Margaret McNairy
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease disproportionately affects persons living in low- and middle-income countries and heart failure (HF) is thought to be a leading cause. Population-based studies characterizing the epidemiology of HF in these settings are lacking. We describe the age-standardized prevalence, survival, subtypes, risk factors, and 1-year mortality of HF in the population-based Haiti Cardiovascular Disease Cohort. METHODS: Participants were recruited using multistage cluster-area random sampling in Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
December 6, 2022: Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes