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Alfred Doku · Sankore

University of Ghana

Alfred Doku

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-4535-8965

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Publications

31

Citations

186

h-index

7

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

4

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

University of Ghana30 works
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital21 works
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons1 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works
Lagos University Teaching Hospital1 works

Publications

31 works in the graph, newest first.

Determinants of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Normotensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Tertiary Hospital-Based Study in Ghana
2026CureusJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.7759/cureus.104317
Practical Guidance on Implementation of Guideline‐Directed Medical Therapy in the Management of Heart Failure: Expert Opinion From the Middle East and Africa Region
2026Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1161/jaha.125.043650
Establishing a National Deep Vein Thrombosis Network in Ghana: findings from a prospective observational study embedded in a capacity-building initiative
2026BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjph-2025-003419
2026 ISH guidelines for the management of hypertension in Africa: the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) African Regional Advisory Group and the Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)
2026Journal of HypertensionJournalFirst author0 citations

10.1097/hjh.0000000000004411

Level of understanding and community-level barriers to the management of hypertension: a qualitative study in eight coastal communities in Ghana

2025BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017511

Assessment of errors in death certification and mortality patterns and trends among medical patients at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, 2019-2023

2025Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.4314/gmj.v59i3.2

Ghana Heart Initiative Training for Cardiac Arrest Management Among Health Care Professionals: Outcomes Evaluation Study (2019-2024)

2025JMIR Formative ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.2196/75536

Cardiovascular Diseases, Medication Non-Adherence, and the Potential Of Personalized Medicine: A Comprehensive Review

2025Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v14i1.337

Effectiveness of digital health interventions on blood pressure control, lifestyle behaviours and adherence to medication in patients with hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

2024EClinicalMedicineJournalOpen accessCorresponding73 citations10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102432

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in Ghana: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2024Global HeartJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.5334/gh.1307

The Ghana heart initiative – a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana’s cardiovascular disease burden

2024Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.3389/fpubh.2024.1330708

Delays in Cardiovascular Emergency Responses in Africa: Health System Failures or Cultural Challenges?

2024Global Health Science and PracticeJournalOpen access6 citations10.9745/ghsp-d-24-00092

Evaluating the Effectiveness of African School of Hypertension for Non-Physician Health Workers, a Qualitative Study: QuASH Hypertension Study

2024Global HeartJournalOpen access3 citations10.5334/gh.1343

The development of Africa's first unified hypertension management guidelines

2024Journal of HypertensionJournalFirst author1 citations10.1097/hjh.0000000000003864

Delayed diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in a West African octogenarian

2024Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournal2 citations10.5830/cvja-2024-001

Patterns of acute chest pain at two tertiary centres in Accra, Ghana

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i3.8

Addressing the roadblocks to hypertension management in Ghana: proceedings of a roundtable discussion

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i3.9

Detection, linkage to care, treatment and monitoring of hypertension in coastal communities in Accra, Ghana: protocol for a quasi-experimental study (The Ghana Heart Initiative Hypertension Study)

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082954

Nocturnal blood pressure dipping and left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensive outpatients in a Ghanaian hospital

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i3.7

A systematic review and meta-analysis of food handling practices in Ghana vis-a-vis the associated factors among food handlers during 2009 and 2022

2023Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1038/s41598-023-46150-8

A multilevel and multicenter assessment of health care system capacity to manage cardiovascular diseases in Africa: a baseline study of the Ghana Heart Initiative

2023BMC Cardiovascular DisordersJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1186/s12872-023-03430-5

Contemporary aetiology of acute heart failure in a teaching hospital in Ghana

2023BMC Cardiovascular DisordersJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12872-023-03103-3

Cardiovascular Care in Africa – Cost Crisis and the Urgent Need for Contextual Health Service Solutions

2023Global HeartJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding8 citations10.5334/gh.1259

Task sharing in the management of hypertension: highlights of the African hypertension school for nonphysicians health workers

2023Journal of HypertensionJournal6 citations10.1097/hjh.0000000000003463

Angiographic severity of coronary artery disease and the influence of major cardiovascular risk factors

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i4.2

Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital

2023Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access2 citations10.5830/cvja-2022-051

Cardiac Abnormalities in Relation to the Disease Activity Index Among Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in a Tertiary Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

2023CureusJournalOpen access4 citations10.7759/cureus.49495

Electrical storm in a middle-aged man

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.11

Assessing and Improving the Care of Patients With Heart Failure in Ghana: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study and the Ghana Heart Initiative-Heart Failure Registry

2023JMIR Research ProtocolsJournalOpen access0 citations10.2196/52616

Outcome of life-threatening arrhythmias among patients presenting in an emergency setting at a tertiary hospital in Accra-Ghana

2022BMC Cardiovascular DisordersJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12872-022-02803-6

Changes in origin of acute chest pain in a sub-Saharan African setting

2022Tropical DoctorJournal0 citations10.1177/00494755211022947