RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Pulmonary heart disease in Ibadan JF Thorax JO Thorax FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society SP 339 OP 342 DO 10.1136/thx.26.3.339 VO 26 IS 3 A1 Sofowora, E. O. YR 1971 UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/26/3/339.abstract AB Pulmonary heart disease is encountered and is not uncommon in the tropics. The incidence of the chronic form is expected to increase, while the causes of the acute form may be different from those in temperate countries and so require different prophylactic measures.