Browsing by Author "D'Arbela, Paul G."

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    • Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes: cardiovascular topic 

      Eloi, Marijon; Renato, Grottola; Grimaldi, Antonio; Vermi, Anna Chiara; De Concilio, Annalisa; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Marijon, Eloi; Ammirati, Enrico; Vermi, Anna Chiara; Trucco, Giorgio; Figini, Filippo; Ferrarello, Santo; Freers, Juergen; Sacco, Francesco Maria; Karam, Nicole; Ammirati, Enrico; Grimaldi, Antonio; Arioli, Francesco; Figini, Filippo; Ferrarello, Santo; Sacco, Francesco Maria; Mirabel, Mariana; Alfieri, Ottavio; Mirabel, Mariana; Arioli, Francesco; Aloi, Francesco (Sabinent, 2014-09)
      Few data are available on heart failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a current picture of HF aetiologies in urban Uganda, access to heart surgery, and outcomes. We prospectively collected clinical and ...

    • The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda 

      Connor, Daniel Henry; Somers, Krishna; Nelson, Anne Marie; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Lukande, Robert (Sage Journals, 2012)
      The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda remains unknown in spite of studies dating back to 1948. Herbal decoctions have been used by traditional healers for countless generations to treat many complaints, especially ...

    • Endomyocardial fibrosis and eosinophilia 

      Patel, Ashvin K.; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Somers, Krishna (British Heart Journal, 1977)
      Absolute eosinophil counts were assessed in 15 African patients with proven endomyocardial fibrosis. Though the mean eosinophil count in patients with endomyocardial fibrosis was higher compared with the normals reported ...

    • Endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda (Davies' disease). Part II: An epidemiologic, clinical, and pathologic study 

      Connor, Daniel H.; Somers, Krishna; Hutt, Michael S.R.; Manion, William C.; D'Arbela, Paul G. (Elsevier - American Heart Journal, 1968)
      Endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda (Davies' disease) is a common type of fatal heart disease in the autopsy population at Mulago Hospital. During this study, endomyocardial fibrosis caused 25 per cent (1665) of deaths from ...

    • Familial Cases of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in Uganda 

      Patel, Ashvin K.; Ziegler, John L.; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Somers, Krishna (Br Med J - The BMJ, 1971)
      This report describes nine cases of endomyocardial fibrosis occurring in four families. All patients came from Rwanda or South-western Uganda, and five had tropical splenomegaly syndrome as well. It seems likely that genetic ...

    • Giant single atrium 

      Grimaldi, Antonio; Figini, Filippo; Ammirati, Enrico; Arioli, Francesco; Vermi, Anna Chiara; De Concilio, Annalisa; Trucco, Giorgio; D'Arbela, Paul G. (Elsevier, 2014)
      A 20-year-old young Ugandan woman presented with progressive exertional dyspnea, labial cyanosis and severe digital clubbing. Visualization of the heart by standard transthoracic echocardiography was optimal from the apical ...

    • Survival after first presentation with endomyocardial fibrosis 

      D'Arbela, Paul G.; Mutazindwa, T.; Patel, Ashvin K.; Somers, Krishna (British Heart Journal, 1972)
      Forty-six cases of necropsy endomyocardial fibrosis are analysed and presented with the objective of determining their prognosis after first symptoms of the disease. Survival from first symptoms ranged from 12 days to 12 ...