2019
Effects of a Cookstove Intervention on Cardiac Structure, Cardiac Function, and Blood Pressure in Western Kenya
Bloomfield GS, Kirwa K, Agarwal A, Eliot MN, Alenezi F, Carter EJ, Foster MC, Kimaiyo S, Lumsden R, Menya D, Mitter SS, Velazquez EJ, Vedanthan R, Wellenius GA. Effects of a Cookstove Intervention on Cardiac Structure, Cardiac Function, and Blood Pressure in Western Kenya. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2019, 32: 427-430. PMID: 30665729, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Approaches to Sustainable Capacity Building for Cardiovascular Disease Care in Kenya
Barasa FA, Vedanthan R, Pastakia SD, Crowe SJ, Aruasa W, Sugut WK, White R, Ogola ES, Bloomfield GS, Velazquez EJ. Approaches to Sustainable Capacity Building for Cardiovascular Disease Care in Kenya. Cardiology Clinics 2017, 35: 145-152. PMID: 27886785, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2016.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular disease careHealth care infrastructureDiseases of povertyMiddle-income countriesDisease careCardiovascular diseaseNoncommunicable diseasesTherapeutic strategiesDiagnostic capacityHigh-quality medicationsCare infrastructureEpidemic levelsHealth careDiseasePhysical injuryCareTraffic accidents
2015
Genetic mutations in African patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Study of Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in an African Population (SIGNAL)
Bloomfield GS, Temu TM, Akwanalo CO, Chen PS, Emonyi W, Heckbert SR, Koech MM, Manji I, Shen C, Vatta M, Velazquez EJ, Wessel J, Kimaiyo S, Inui TS. Genetic mutations in African patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Study of Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in an African Population (SIGNAL). American Heart Journal 2015, 170: 455-464.e5. PMID: 26385028, PMCID: PMC4575772, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsValvular atrial fibrillationNonvalvular atrial fibrillationValvular heart diseaseAtrial fibrillationHeart diseaseCurrent tobacco smokingHistory of strokeCase-control studyGroup morbidityGenetic associationTobacco smokingSaharan AfricaMean ageAfrican patientsCardiovascular diseaseClinical phenotypingFibrillationPrimary analysisPatientsControl populationGenetic testingMorbidityDiseaseGenetic mutationsMost participants