Repositorio UEM: Recent submissions

  • Endomyocardial fibrosis: a form ofendemic restrictive cardiomyopath 
    Mocumbi, Ana O. (Global Cardiology Science and Practice, 2012)
    Endomyocardial fibrosis is a form of endemic restrictive cardiomyopathy that affects mainly childrenand adolescents, and is geographically restricted to some poor areas of Africa, Latin America andAsia. It is a condition ...
  • A systematic review of the spectrum of cardiac arrhythmias in Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Yuyun, Matthew F.; Bonny, Aimé; Ng, G. André; Sliwa, Karen; Kengne, Andre Pascal; Chin, Ashley; Mocumbi, Ana O.; Ngantcha, Marcus; Ajijola, Olujimi A.; Bukhman, Gene (Global Heart, 2020)
    Major structural cardiovascular diseases are associated with cardiac arrhythmias, but their full spectrum remains unknown in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which we addressed in this systematic review. Atrial fibrillation/atrial ...
  • Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: highlighting the role of group a streptococcus in the global burden of cardiovascular disease 
    Auala, Tangeni; Zavale, Ben’Lauro Goncalves; Mbakwem, Amam Çhinyere; Mocumbi, Ana O. (MDPI, 2022)
    Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes superficial and invasive infections and immune mediated post-infectious sequalae (including acute rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease). Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic ...
  • Recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis andtreatment of endomyocardialfibrosis in Africa 
    Mocumbi, Ana O.; Falase, Ayodele O. (BMJ and BCS, 2013-05)
    Endomyocardialfibrosis (EMF) continues to be animportant and disabling disease in many parts of Africa,although its prevalence has declined in some parts ofthe continent. Increased access to medical care ingeneral and ...
  • Cardiovascular effects of indoor air pollution from solid fuel: relevance to Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mocumbi, Ana O.; Stewart, Simon; Patel, Sam; Al-Delaimy, Wael K. (Springer, 2019)
    Purpose of Review This research aims to summarize evidence on the cardiovascular effects of indoor air pollution (IAP) from solid fuel and identify areas for research and policy for low- and middle-income countries. Recent ...
  • Persisting burden and challenges of rheumaticheart disease 
    Marijon, Eloi; Mocumbi, Ana O.; Narayanan, Kumar; Jouven, Xavier; Celermajer, David S. (European Heart Journal, 2021)
    Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the result of episodes of acute rheumatic fever with valvular (and other cardiac) damage caused by anabnormal immune response to group A streptococcal infections, usually during childhood ...
  • Screening for rheumatic heart disease: evaluationof a simplified echocardiography-based approach 
    Mirabel, Mariana; Celermajer, David S.; Ferreira, Beatriz; Tafflet, Muriel; Perier, Marie-Cecile; Karam, Nicole; Mocumbi, Ana-Olga; Jani, Dinesh N.; Sidi, Daniel; Jouven, Xavier; Marijon, Eloi (Oxford University Press, 2012)
    Portable echocardiography has emerged as a potential tool to detect rheumatic heart disease (RHD) early. Complexechocardiographic criteria used in recent epidemiological studies may be difficult to translate into daily ...
  • Forgotten cardiovascular diseases in Africa 
    Sliwa, Karen; Mocumbi, Ana O. (Springer, 2010)
    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 ...
  • Lack of focus on cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mocumbi, Ana O. (Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2012)
    Research into cardiovascular disease in Sub-Saharan Africa has been hampered by lack of funding and expertise. However, hospital- and community-based data reveal high economic and social costs of these diseases to the ...
  • Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis for latent rheumatic heart disease 
    Beaton, Andrea; Okello, Emmy; Rwebembera, Joselyn; Engelman, Daniel; Alepere, Juliet; Canales, Lesley; Carapetis, Jonathan; DeWyer, Alyssa; Lwab, Peter; Mirabel, Mariana; Mocumbi, Ana O.; Murali, Meghna; Nakitto, Miriam; Ndagire, Emma; Nunes, Maria C.P.; Omara, Isaac O.; Sarnacki, Rachel; Scheel, Amy; Wilson, Nigel; Zimmerman, Meghan; Zühlke, Liesl; Karthikeyan, Ganesan; Sable, Craig A.; Steer, Andrew C.; Grobler, Anneke (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2021)
    Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart disease at an early, latent stage. Whether secondary ...
  • Burden of disease among the world’s poorest billion people: an expert-informed secondary analysis of global burden of disease estimates 
    Coates, Matthew M.; Ezzati, Majid; Aguilar, Gisela Robles; Kwan, Gene F.; Vigo, Daniel; Mocumbi, Ana O.; Becker, Anne E.; Makani, Julie; Hyder, Adnan A.; Jain, Yogesh; Stefan, D. Cristina; Gupta, Neil; Marx, Andrew; Bukhman, Gene (PLoS ONE, 2021-08)
    The health of populations living in extreme poverty has been a long-standing focus of global development efforts, and continues to be a priority during the Sustainable Development Goal era. However, there has not been a ...
  • Cardiovascular diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa compared to high-income countries: an epidemiological perspective 
    Yuyun, Matthew Fomonyuy; Sliwa, Karen; Kengne, Andre Pascal; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Bukhman, Gene (Global Heart, 2020)
    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 communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. ...
  • Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study) 
    Zühlke, Liesl; Engel, Mark E.; Karthikeyan, Ganesan; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Mackie, Pam; Cupido, Blanche; Mauff, Katya; Islam, Shofiqul; Joachim, Alexia; Daniels, Rezeen; Francis, Veronica; Ogendo, Stephen; Gitura, Bernard; Mondo, Charles; Okello, Emmy; Lwabi, Peter; Al-Kebsi, Mohammed M.; Hugo-Hamman, Christopher; Sheta, Sahar S.; Haileamlak, Abraham; Daniel, Wandimu; Goshu, Dejuma Y.; Abdissa, Senbeta G.; Desta, Araya G.; Shasho, Bekele A.; Begna, Dufera M.; ElSayed, Ahmed; Brahim, Ahmed S. I; Musuku, John; Bode-Thomas, Fidelia; Okeahialam, Basil N.; Ige, Olukemi; Sutton, Christopher; Misra, Rajeev; Fadl, Azza Abul; Kennedy, Neil; Damasceno, Albertino; Sani, Mahmoud; Ogah, Okechukwu S.; Olunuga, Taiwo; Elhassan, Huda H.M.; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Adeoye, Abiodun M.; Mntla, Phindile; Ojji, Dike; Mucumbitsi, Joseph; Teo, Koon; Yusuf, Salim; Mayosi, Bongani M. (European Society of Cardiology, 2014-11)
    Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) accounts for over a million premature deaths annually; however, there is little contem-porary information on presentation, complications, and treatment.This prospective registry enrolled 3343 ...
  • World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease an evidence-based guideline 
    Reményi, Bo; Wilson, Nigel; Steer, Andrew; Ferreira, Beatriz; Kado, Joseph; Kumar, Krishna; Lawrenson, John; Maguire, Graeme; Marijon, Eloi; Mirabel, Mariana; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Mota, Cleonice; Paar, John; Saxena, Anita; Scheel, Janet; Stirling, John; Viali, Satupaitea; Balekundri, Vijayalakshmi I.; Wheaton, Gavin; Zühlke, Liesl; Carapetis, Jonathan (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2012-02)
    Over the past 5 years, the advent of echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has revealed a higher RHD burden than previously thought. In light of this global experience, the development of new ...
  • A Population study of endomyocardial fibrosis in a rural area of Mozambique 
    Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Ferreira, Maria Beatriz; Sidi, Daniel; Yacoub, Magdi H. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2008)
    Background Endomyocardial fibrosis is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide. It has no specific treatment and carries a poor prognosis, since most patients present with advanced heart failure. On the basis ...
  • Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening 
    Marijon, Eloi; Ou, Phalla; Celermajer, David S.; Ferreira, Beatriz; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Jani, Dinesh; Paquet, Christophe; Jacob, Sophie; Sidi, Daniel; Jouven, Xavier (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2007)
    Epidemiologic studies of the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease have used clinical screening with echocardiographic confirmation of suspected cases. We hypothesized that echocardiographic screening of all surveyed ...
  • O equilíbrio entre o bem-estar dos profissionais de saúde e o dever de cuidar dos doentes durante a pandemia da covid-19: percepção dos profissionais de saúde da linha de frente na província de Maputo, em Moçambique 
    Alface, Ângela Maria Alberto (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 2022-05)
    Os profissionais de saúde desempenharam um papel crucial em Moçambique durante a pandemia da COVID-19 pandemia. Preocupação persistente com a exposição à COVID-19, que afecta estes profissionais, exacerbou o desafio ...
  • A inclusão escolar das crianças com deficiência no ensino primário em Moçambique: uma reflexão sobre as práticas pedagógicas no distrito de Mandlakazi, na província de Gaza 
    Manjate, Nélio Sansão José (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 2024-02-01)
    In the Mozambican context, the proposal for an inclusive national education system is based on conventions, strategies, policies and laws from the end of the 20 th century to the beginning of the 21 st , whose principles ...
  • Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of maternal death in sub-Saharan Africa: retrospective analysis 
    Majà, Jaume Ordi i; Ismail, Mamudo Rafik; Carrilho, Carla; Pérez-Portabella, Cleofé Romagosa; Osman, Nafissa; Machungo, Fernanda; Bombí, Josep Antoni; Cortina, Juan Balasch; Pedro, Alonso; Clara, Menéndez (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-02)
    Background Maternal mortality is a major public-health problem in developing countries. Extreme differences in maternal mortality rates between developed and developing countries indicate that most of these deaths are ...
  • Is the incidence rate of colorectal cancer increasing in Mozambique 
    Selemane, Carlos; Ferro, Josefo; Lorenzoni, Cesaltina; Carrilho, Carla; Ismail, Mamudo Rafik; Parkin, Max; Santos, Lúcio Lara (ecancer, 2024)
    Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant global health concern, ranking as the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. How-ever, in Africa, CRC is the fifth most common ...