Topic reviews need to be robust

Eric Quinton Klug; Ntobeko A B Ntusi; Sarah M Kraus; Gboyega Ogunbanjo; Karen Sliwa

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i7.10903

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Topic reviews need to be robust

Eric Quinton Klug, Ntobeko A B Ntusi, Sarah M Kraus, Gboyega Ogunbanjo, Karen Sliwa

Abstract

Letter by Klug on article by Kraus et al. (Kraus S, Ogunbanjo G, Sliwa K, Ntusi NA. Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A clinical approach. S Afr Med J 2016;106(1):23-31. DOI:10.7196/samj.2016.v106i1.10325), and response by Ntusi et al.

Authors' affiliations

Eric Quinton Klug, President of the Heart Failure Society of South Africa; Heart Failure Clinic, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa; Sunninghill Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ntobeko A B Ntusi, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Sarah M Kraus, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Gboyega Ogunbanjo, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

Karen Sliwa, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa