Abstract:BackgroundHigher resting heart rate (HR) is associated with mortality amongst Caucasians with heart failure (HF), but its significance has yet to be established in sub-Saharan Africans in whom HF differs in terms of characteristics and etiologies.ObjectivesWe assessed the association of HR with all-cause mortality in patients with HF in sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsThe Douala HF registry (Do–HF) is an ongoing prospective data collection on patients with HF receiving care at four cardiac referral services in Doual… Show more
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