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EDITORIAL article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Hypertension
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1479281
This article is part of the Research Topic Global Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine: Africa View all 14 articles

Global Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine in Africa: challenges and opportunities

Provisionally accepted
Mahdi Garelnabi Mahdi Garelnabi 1*Mpiko Ntsekhe Mpiko Ntsekhe 2Anton Doubell Anton Doubell 3Masanori Aikawa Masanori Aikawa 4*
  • 1 University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, United States
  • 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 3 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • 4 Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Keywords: cardiovascular disease, Africa, Cardiometabolic disorders, Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), Hypertension, diabetes

    Received: 11 Aug 2024; Accepted: 13 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Garelnabi, Ntsekhe, Doubell and Aikawa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Mahdi Garelnabi, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, United States
    Masanori Aikawa, Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, United States

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