Abstract:
Much of the global burden of cardiovascular
disease is now carried by low and middle income countries.
Unfortunately, many of these regions are still grappling
with poverty and infection-related cardiovascular diseases,
such as endomyocardial fibrosis, tuberculous pericarditis
and rheumatic heart disease. In addition, Africa has its
unique diseases that occur more commonly in Africans as
peripartum cardiomyopathy or, almost uniquely in Africa,
as subvalvular aneurysm. We present our perspective on
forgotten cardiovascular disease in Africa in the context of
the epidemic of cardiovascular disease due to global
changes in life style.
