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  1. Cost and outcomes of acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in a tertiary hospital in Ghana

    Article • Alexandria Journal of Medicine, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  2. Undiagnosed sub-valvular aortic stenosis with an associated Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) presenting late in a multi-parous woman

    Article • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  3. Sex-and-gender differences in cardiovascular risk factors and their correlates among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: A population-based health-screening survey

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  4. A multicenter international prospective study of the validity and reliability of a COVID-19-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire

    Article • Quality of Life Research, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ghanshyam R Parmar, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  5. Social networks, perceived social support, and HbA1c in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban Ghana

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  6. Prevalence of Hypertension in Ghana: Analysis of an Awareness and Screening Campaign in 2019

    Article • Clinical Medicine Insights Cardiology, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  7. Risk Factor Characterization of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes Among West Africans

    Article • Stroke, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  8. A Novel Afrocentric Stroke Risk Assessment Score: Models from the Siren Study

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, October 2021, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Paul Olowoyo

  9. Phone-Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS II) Study: Protocol for a Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, August 2021, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  10. Frequency and factors associated with post-stroke seizures in a large multicenter study in West Africa

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, August 2021, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  11. Factors associated with incidence of stroke and heart failure among people living with HIV in Ghana: Evaluating Vascular Event Risk while on Long‐Term Antiretroviral Suppressive Therapy (EVERLAST) Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Hypertension, May 2021, Wiley

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  12. The Influence of Religious Participation and Use of Traditional Medicine on Type 2 Diabetes Control in Urban Ghana

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  13. Diabetes-Related Stigma and its Influence on Social Networks, Social Support, and HbA1c in Ghana

    Article • Ethnicity & Disease, January 2021, Ethnicity and Disease Inc

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  14. Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Preclinical Target Organ Damage Among Adults in Ghana: Findings From a National Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, December 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  15. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2020, Elsevier

    Mahdi Shamali, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Professor Yousef Khader, Andrew T. Olagunju, Dr Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Dr Fakher Rahim, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Tommi Vasankari, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Dr/ Adj Prof Vijay Kumar Chattu, Mr Zelalem Alamrew Anteneh, Sumaira Mubarik

  16. Prevalence and incidence of pre‐diabetes and diabetes mellitus among people living with HIV in Ghana: Evidence from the EVERLAST Study

    Article • HIV Medicine, November 2020, Wiley

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  17. Unraveling the risk factors for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage among West Africans

    Article • Neurology, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  18. Lipoprotein(a) and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein among Patients with HIV in Ghana: The Study on Cardiovascular Risk Profile of HIV-Infected Patients on HAART (SCRIPT)

    Article • Global Heart, January 2020, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  19. The burden of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and stroke among emergency department admissions in Tanzania: A retrospective observational study

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2019, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  20. Cardiovascular risk factors among Ghanaian patients with HIV: A cross‐sectional study

    Article • Clinical Cardiology, September 2019, Wiley

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  21. Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Determinants of 1‐Month Outcome of Stroke Among West Africans in the SIREN Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, June 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  22. Department of Error

    Article • The Lancet, June 2019, Elsevier

    Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Professor HESHAM M. AL-MEKHLAFI, Professor Yousef Khader, Andrew T. Olagunju, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Fakher Rahim, Mr. Alex Yeshaneh, Professor Ashraf Fawzy Nabhan, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov

  23. Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2019, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  24. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  25. National Trends and Outcomes of Patients Bridged to Transplant With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2019, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  26. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease ...

    Article • The Lancet, November 2018, Elsevier

    Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Ebrahim M. Yimer, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr Shariful Islam, Farhad Shokraneh, Dr Gebre Teklemariam Demoz, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Professor Yousef Khader, Mr. Aklilu Abrham, Dr Srinivas Goli, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Professor HESHAM M. AL-MEKHLAFI, Andrew T. Olagunju, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Professor Ashraf Fawzy Nabhan, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Dr/ Adj Prof Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Khosravi

  27. Measuring progress of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2018, Elsevier

    Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mr. Tara Ballav Adhikari, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Ebrahim M. Yimer, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr Shariful Islam, Farhad Shokraneh, Dr Gebre Teklemariam Demoz, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Dr Garumma TOLU FEYISSA, Dr Azmeraw Amare, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Professor Yousef Khader, Mr. Aklilu Abrham, Dr Srinivas Goli, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Amrit Banstola, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Professor HESHAM M. AL-MEKHLAFI, Andrew T. Olagunju, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Mr. Alex Yeshaneh, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Professor Ashraf Fawzy Nabhan, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Dr/ Adj Prof Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Khosravi

  28. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of West Africans on genetic studies of stroke: Evidence from the SIREN Study

    Article • International Journal of Stroke, July 2018, SAGE Publications

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Paul Olowoyo

  29. Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  30. Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV positive adults in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Infection, June 2018, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  31. Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  32. Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, April 2018, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Paul Olowoyo

  33. Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Copeptin, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Concentrations among West African Stroke Subjects Compared with Stroke-Free Controls

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, March 2018, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  34. Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana – the RODAM study

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, January 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  35. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA screening and sequencing using dry plasma spots

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, December 2017, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  36. Current trends in admissions and outcomes of cardiac diseases in Ghana

    Article • Clinical Cardiology, July 2017, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang, Lambert Appiah, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  37. Exploring Overlaps Between the Genomic and Environmental Determinants of LVH and Stroke: A Multicenter Study in West Africa

    Article • Global Heart, June 2017, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Paul Olowoyo

  38. Prevalence and Prognostic Features of ECG Abnormalities in Acute Stroke: Findings From the SIREN Study Among Africans

    Article • Global Heart, June 2017, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Paul Olowoyo

  39. Phone-based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Trials, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  40. Cardiovascular risk profile of HIV patients accessing routine care at a teaching hospital in Ghana

    Article • Annals of Global Health, August 2016, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  41. The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) shows poor correlation with transient elastography measurements of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B in West Africa. Response to: ‘The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidas...

    Article • Gut, January 2016, BMJ

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  42. Multilingual Validation of the Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-Free Status in West Africa

    Article • Stroke, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  43. Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography and Virologic Outcomes After Introduction of Tenofovir in Lamivudine-Experienced Adults With HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection in Ghana

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  44. Phenotyping Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) Phenomics Protocol

    Article • Neuroepidemiology, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  45. Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected adults in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Viral Hepatitis, November 2014, Wiley

    Mr KWABENA ADJEI-ASANTE, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  46. The profile of risk factors and in-patient outcomes of stroke in Kumasi, Ghana

    Article • Ghana Medical Journal, September 2014, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  47. High prevalence of renal dysfunction and association with risk of death amongst HIV-infected Ghanaians

    Article • Journal of Infection, July 2013, Elsevier

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  48. Response to antiretroviral therapy in occult hepatitis B and HIV co-infection in West Africa

    Article • AIDS, January 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  49. Diagnosis of treponemal co-infection in HIV-infected West Africans

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, September 2012, Wiley

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  50. Outcomes of starting first-line antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis B virus/HIV-coinfected patients in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, August 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  51. Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, November 2010, Wiley

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  52. Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  53. Efficacy and Acceptability of Rapid, Point-of-Care HIV Testing in Two Clinical Settings in Ghana

    Article • AIDS Patient Care and STDs, May 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah