Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the second common cause of death in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) accounting for about 35% of all deaths, after a composite of …

Background Six billion people in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack timely or
ready access to safe and affordable cardiac surgical care when needed, which remains a …

The Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology and the Society for Cardiovascular
Pathology have produced this position paper concerning the current role of endomyocardial …

Restrictive cardiomyopathies (RCMs) are a diverse group of myocardial diseases with a
wide range of aetiologies, including familial, genetic and acquired diseases and ranging …

Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a neglected disease of poverty that afflicts rural
populations in tropical low-income countries, with some certain high-prevalence areas …

The poorest billion people are distributed throughout the world, though most are
concentrated in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Continued assessment of temporal trends in mortality and epidemiology of specific heart
failure in South America is needed to provide a scientific basis for rational allocation of the …

The heart failure syndrome has been recognized as a significant contributor to
cardiovascular disease burden in sub-Saharan African for many decades. Seminal …

Eosinophilia may be responsible for cardiac injuries of widely varying severity, from acute
myocarditis to endomyocardial fibrosis. In this review, we present both the molecular …

The heart may be affected directly or indirectly by a variety of protozoa and helminths. This
involvement may manifest in different ways, but the syndromes resulting from impairment of …