Short-term evolution of cardiac structure and function in patients on maintenance hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease: A quasi-experimental, non-randomized, evaluation echocardiography study in Cameroon, sub-Saharan Africa

Hamadou, Ba; Balemaken, Ingrid; Boombhi, Jérôme; Kamdem, Félicité; Amougou, Sylvie Ndongo; Mfeukeu, Liliane Kuate; Nganou, Chris Nadège; Menanga, Alain; Ashuntantang, Gloria

doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.8168

Letter to the Editor

Short-term evolution of cardiac structure and function in patients on maintenance hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease: A quasi-experimental, non-randomized, evaluation echocardiography study in Cameroon, sub-Saharan Africa

Ba Hamadou ¹ , Ingrid Balemaken ² , Jérôme Boombhi ⁵ , Félicité Kamdem ³ , Sylvie Ndongo Amougou ⁴ , Liliane Kuate Mfeukeu ¹ , Chris Nadège Nganou ¹ , Alain Menanga ⁵ , Gloria Ashuntantang ⁶

¹Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; Cardiology Unit, Central Hospital of Yaoundé; Yaoundé-Cameroon
²Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; Yaoundé-Cameroon
³Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala; Douala-Cameroon
⁴Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; Cardiology Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé; Yaoundé-Cameroon
⁵Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; Cardiology Unit, Medicine B General Hospital of Yaoundé; Yaoundé-Cameroon
⁶Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; Nephrology and Hemodialysis Unit, General Hospital of Yaoundé; Yaoundé-Cameroon

Anatol J Cardiol 2018; 19(1): 81-82 PubMed ID: 29339709 PMCID: 5864799 DOI: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.8168

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