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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52289#.VI-PYMnQrzE Author(s)    Bernard Kianu Phanzu 1* , Benjamin Longo-Mbenza 2 , Jean Bosco Kasiam Lasion’kin 3 , Jody Mbuilu Pukuta 4 , Eleuthère Kintoki Vita 1 , Nanoue Masolo Muze Kianu 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo . 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa . 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo . 4 Department of Family Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa . 5 Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology, B...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47927#.VFbpm2fHRK0 Author(s) Kelechi E. Okonta Affiliation(s) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Heart failure (HF) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and indeed worldwide. The management of this condition has largely been thought to be within the domain of the Physician with the Surgeon having little or no role to play. The commonest cause of HF that may require surgical intervention is rheumatic valvular heart disease especially in the young age group while ischaemic heart disease still...