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Francis Agyekum

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentGEMP OFFICE
heart failurehypertensioncardiovascular risk factorscoronary artery disease
Publications

51

Citations

1,252

H-index

13

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
24.5
Most cited paper
385
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:35
Publications

51 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital
AS Yakubu, E Amable, A Doku, F Agyekum
2023 Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 34 (4), 218-224, 2023 Health Sciences 3
Electrical storm in a middle-aged man
D Ahadzi, F Agyekum, A Doku, AS Yakubu, G Hoedofia, H Ayetey
2023 Ghana medical journal 57 (2), 156, 2023 Engineering 3
Lenacapavir as pre‐exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention
Cochrane Central Editorial Service, S Ebrahim, N Gloeck, Z Adam, G Tatz, ...
1996 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2026 (4), 1996 Health Sciences 3
Cardiovascular Diseases, Medication Non-Adherence, and the Potential Of Personalized Medicine: A Comprehensive Review: Cardiovascular Diseases and Medication Non-Adherence
DA Fobi, F Agyekum, A Doku
2025 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 14 (1), 40-44, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Delayed diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in a West African octogenarian
D Ahadzi, AS Yakubu, A Doku, F Agyekum, C Ofori, H Ayetey
2024 Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 35 (3), 185-188, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Determinants of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Normotensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Tertiary Hospital-Based Study in Ghana
FN Fokuoh, AS Yakubu, F Agyekum, A Folson, R Okine, EA Asamoah, ...
2026 Cureus 18 (2), 2026 Health Sciences 0
Establishing a National Deep Vein Thrombosis Network in Ghana: findings from a prospective observational study embedded in a capacity-building initiative
L Huebl, IK Owusu, C Kokuro, Y Adu-Boakye, BC Nkum, IN Ogyefo, ...
2026 BMJ Public Health 4 (2), 2026 Health Sciences 0
Multidomain Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage in Ghanaian Adults: Prevalence, Correlates, and Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Performance
KO Agyapong, E Kyeremah, AA Folson, F Agyekum, KRM Blenman, ...
2026 medRxiv, 2026.05. 28.26354393, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Multidomain Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage in Ghanaian Adults: Prevalence, Predictors, and Implications for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification—A Secondary Analysis of the …
KO Agyapong, E Kyeremah, AA Folson, F Agyekum, KRM Blenman, ...
2026 medRxiv, 2026.05. 21.26353747, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Prevalence and determinants of depression among patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study of dialysis and non-dialysis patients at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
PK Otoo, F Agyekum, L Avorkliya, J Inusah, VK MacCarthy, ...
2026 Health Sciences 0
Prevalence and predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensive patients in Ghana: implications for cardiology practice
A Folson, C Antwi-Boasiako, F Agyekum, E Fayorsey
2026 Physiology 41 (S1), 2301520, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Single-pill combination antihypertensive therapy for adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a clinically oriented narrative review
F Agyekum, FK Akumiah, V Boima, D Adu
2026 Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine 8 (2), 87-96, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Alcohol Use in Heart Failure: Patterns and Associations Among Acutely Decompensated Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana
AA Folson, SI Mohammed, F Agyekum, K Agyapong, F Edwin
2025 International Journal of Clinical Practice 2025 (1), 6566822, 2025 Health Sciences 0
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS NETWORK IN GHANA: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTER STUDY
L Huebl, IK Owusu, C Kokuro, YA Boakye, BC Nkum, IN Ogyefo, ...
2025 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 112 (6), 2025 Health Sciences 0
Relationship between psychosocial factors and cardiovascular autonomic function among junior doctors: A cross-sectional study
KT Asamoah, R Dei-Asamoa, EB Ampofo, FR Awindaogo, F Agyekum, ...
2025 medRxiv, 2025.10. 12.25337844, 2025 Health Sciences 0
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
F Awindaogo, E Acheamfour-Akowuah, A Doku, C Kokuro, F Agyekum, ...
2024 JMIR Research Protocols 13 (1), e52616, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Coronary Angiography and Interventions in a Sub-Saharan African Country: A 6-year Retrospective Review at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
F Agyekum, F Akumiah, K Ganatra, S Nguah, A Doku, M Adadey, ...
2024 Health Sciences 0
Emerging trends of marketing surgical cases in Africa: Balancing health financing strategies, exploitation and ethical concerns
B Toboh, F Agyekum, A Doku
2024 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 5 (1), 689-691, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Nocturnal blood pressure dipping and left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensive outpatients in a Ghanaian hospital
AS Yakubu, FA Akoto, F Agyekum, A Doku, JA Akamah
2024 Ghana Medical Journal 58 (3), 224-230, 2024 Health Sciences 0
A cross-sectional evaluation of anticoagulation control in patients receiving warfarin in nine African countries
C Pillay, K Cohen, JM Francis, OS Ogah, A Damasceno, P Chillo, ...
2023 PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY 32, 603-603, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Poor anticoagulation control among patients on Vitamin K-dependent anticoagulants in Sub-Saharan Africa
J Mwita, E Tefera, JM Francis, OS Ogah, A Damasceno, P Chillo, ...
2023 BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 180, 323-324, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Profile of pulmonary hypertension amongst patients seen with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital
AS Yakubu, A Doku, F Agyekum, JA Akamah
2023 PAMJ Clinical Medicine 11 (25), 2023 Health Sciences 0
Contemporary aetiology of Heart Failure in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana: a prospective study
F Agyekum, FA Ankomaba, BYA Asare, A Doku, J Kpodonu, R Okine, ...
2022 Health Sciences 0
Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Determinants of 1-month Outcome of Stroke Among West Africans in the SIREN Study (1606)
M Owolabi, A Adeoye, A Joshua, O Ogah, R Akinyemi, M Gebregziabher, ...
2020 Neurology 94 (15_supplement), 1606, 2020 Health Sciences 0
Noncompliance with medications among hypertensives in Ghana
P Krass, F Agyekum, V Boima, O Ogedegbe, N Bertelsen
2014 Annals of Global Health 80 (3), 2014 Health Sciences 0