Endomyocardial fibrosis in Sudan: clinical and echocardiographic features

SE Tigani, S Khalil, HA Saad, SI Khalil - Cardiovascular Journal of …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Objective: Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare disease and is often an underdiagnosed
and forgotten cardiomyopathy. The objective of this study was to document the current …

The changing pattern of endomyocardial fibrosis in South-west Nigeria

PO Akinwusi, AO Odeyemi - Clinical Medicine Insights …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a restrictive cardiomyopathy, the prevalence
of which is declining globally. This study was carried out to determine if there were changing …

Endomyocardial fibrosis: diagnosis and management

SI Khalil - Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy of
unknown etiology, characterized by endocardial fibrosis of the apices and inflow tracts of the …

A population study of endomyocardial fibrosis in a rural area of Mozambique

AO Mocumbi, MB Ferreira, D Sidi… - New England Journal …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Endomyocardial fibrosis is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy
worldwide. It has no specific treatment and carries a poor prognosis, since most patients …

Endomyocardial fibrosis: Seven decades later in the Nigerian setting

GC Isiguzo, O Micheal, JA Onuh… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF), an obliterative cardiomyopathy of uncertain
etiology, is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide with no specific …

Endomyocardial fibrosis in Zimbabwe--how rare is it? A report of two cases.

JG Hakim, JA Matenga, I Ternouth - The Central African Journal of …, 1996 - europepmc.org
In Africa endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is rare outside countries where it is endemic, such
as Uganda, Mozambique and Ivory Coast. The only published case in Zimbabwe was in …

Republished: recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa

AOH Mocumbi, AO Falase - Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) continues to be an important and disabling disease in many
parts of Africa, although its prevalence has declined in some parts of the continent …

Endomyocardial fibrosis: an under-diagnosed cause of cardiomyopathy in Sudanese children

SKM Ali - Journal of tropical pediatrics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a tropical cardiomyopathy reported in many tropical
countries. Patients were seen at the Children's Hospital-Khartoum, Sudan during September …

[HTML][HTML] Endomyocardial fibrosis: echocardiographic profile

R Muthiah - Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 2016 - scirp.org
Evolution of two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography identified the typical
features of Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) such as dense ventricular apical fibrosis …

Endomyocardial fibrosis: report of 22 Congolese cases

G Kimbally-Kaky, J Ekoba, JL Nkoua… - … de Cardiologie et D' …, 2000 - europepmc.org
A study has been made of 22 cases of endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) observed over a 12-
year period. The epidemiological characteristics have been described, and the importance …