Ten-year review of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in Tanzania: a single center retrospective review
Nadeem Kassam, Mohamed Varwani, Mzee Ngunga, Mohamed Jeilan, Mangaro Mabusi, James Orwa, Salim Surani, Robert Mvungi, Nasiruddin Jamal · 2024
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Nadeem Kassam and co-authors review, in a 2024 paper, ten years of severe heart attacks at one hospital in Tanzania. The attack type, where a heart artery blocks fully and the tracing shows a raised segment, is time critical. Quick reopening of the artery is the gold standard of care. Heart disease is a rising problem across sub-Saharan Africa, though its true size is likely under counted.
Their center, in Dar es Salaam, was a pioneer in setting up the country's first heart catheter lab. The team looked back at a decade of cases there. They tracked how case patterns changed over the years, and which factors linked to death in hospital. Coronary care in Tanzania has grown steadily, while risk factors have risen too. Local decade scale data of this kind has been scarce, the authors note.
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| CREATOR | Nadeem Kassam, Mohamed Varwani, Mzee Ngunga, Mohamed Jeilan, Mangaro Mabusi, James Orwa, Salim Surani, Robert Mvungi, Nasiruddin Jamal |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |