Is it time to change? Portable echocardiography demonstrates high prevalence of abnormalities in self-presenting members of a rural community in Kyrgyzstan
Objectives Cardiovascular disease accounts for 42% of male and 51% of female mortality within Europe. Kyrgyzstan, population of almost 6 million, has amongst the highest rates within Europe, second only to Uzbekistan for female cardiovascular disease mortality (588 per 100,000). We attempted to iden...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-06-01
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Series: | JRSM Cardiovascular Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2048004018779736 |