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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Main Authors: Anthony James Barron, Turgunbai Aijigitov, Aigul Baltabaeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:JRSM Cardiovascular Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2048004018779736