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Heart failure and cardiomyopathies
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Prevalence and prognostic implications of anaemia and iron deficiency in Tanzanian patients with heart failure

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  • Abel Makubi School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Camilla Hage Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Johnson Lwakatare School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bruno Mmbando National Institute of Medical Research, Tanga Centre, Tanzania Muhimbili Wellcome Programme, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Kisenge Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lars H Lund Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lars Rydén Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julie Makani School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Muhimbili Wellcome Programme, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Abel Makubi, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Medicine, PO BOX 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; makubi55{at}gmail.com
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Makubi A, Hage C, Lwakatare J, et al
Prevalence and prognostic implications of anaemia and iron deficiency in Tanzanian patients with heart failure
Heart 2015;101:592-599.

Publication history

  • Received September 29, 2014
  • Revised November 28, 2014
  • Accepted December 2, 2014
  • First published December 24, 2014.
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March 25, 2015

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