Background— Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia; however,
little is known about patients in a primary care setting from high-, middle-, and low-income …

Background Most data on mortality and prognostic factors in patients with heart failure come
from North America and Europe, with little information from other regions. Here, in the …

Background: Poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) is common in heart failure (HF), but
there are few data on HRQL in HF and the association between HRQL and mortality outside …

Background Atrial fibrillation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but
scant data are available for long-term outcomes in individuals outside North America or …

Background There are few data on heart failure (HF) patients from Africa, Asia, the Middle
East and South America. Methods INTER-CHF is a prospective study that enrolled HF patients …

… Branch, MD, 15 Abel Makubi, MD, 16 Andrzej Budaj, MD, 17 Alvaro Avezum, MD, 18 Thomas
Wittlinger, MD, 19 Georg Ertl, MD, 3 Charles Mondo, MD, 20 Nana Pogosova, MD, 21 Aldo …

Background Population-based screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) is a promising public
health strategy to prevent stroke. However, none of the published reports have evaluated …

Background Although heart failure (HF) has been referred to as a global epidemic, most HF
information comes from high-income countries, with little information about low-income …

Background: A wide knowledge gap exists on the clinical profiles and outcomes of heart
failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: To determine the clinical profiles and outcomes …

Background and Aims There is little information on the incremental prognostic importance of
frailty beyond conventional prognostic variables in heart failure (HF) populations from …