Lambert Tetteh Appiah

Medicine

About

He is a practicing Senior Specialist Physician, a cardiologist and a researcher with interest in global cardiovascular health including prevention, epidemiology, clinical trials, implementation science, improving health systems and training. He works across the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases in research on emerging CVD risk factors, Stroke ,Heart failure, Coronary Artery Disease,HIV-related cardiac co-morbidities.He also works as a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST-SMD), Department of Medicine. He completed his Fogarty Global Health Fellowship with the University of North Carolina, working on emerging CVD risk among both HIV and non-HIV patients in Ghana.He is a Fellow of both the West African College of Physicians and the Ghana College of Physicians, also a Fellow of the International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention(ISCEP) and a member of the International Society of Global Health (ISoGH).He is the organizing Secretary of the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology. He has a Post graduate certificate in Clinical research from the Harvard Medical School . He is blessed with a beautiful wife and 3 lovely children.

Research Summary

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The researcher focused on integrating studies across health disparities, cardiovascular issues, diabetes, hypertension, Atrial Fibrillation management, and other health-related topics, synthesizing findings from various themes to provide a comprehensive overview of global healthcare challenges.

Research Themes

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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 Study 2017(2018)

Social networks, perceived social support, and HbA1c in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban Ghana(2022)

Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017(2018)

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of West Africans on genetic studies of stroke: Evidence from the SIREN Study(2018)

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(2019)

Abstract 13411: Effect of Multilevel, Nurse-Led, Mobile Health Enhanced Intervention on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Among Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension in Ghana: Evidence From the ADHINCRA Study(2023)

Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study(2018)

Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study(2023)

Phenotyping Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) Phenomics Protocol(2015)

Multilingual Validation of the Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-Free Status in West Africa(2015)

The profile of risk factors and in-patient outcomes of stroke in Kumasi, Ghana(2014)

A Novel Afrocentric Stroke Risk Assessment Score: Models from the Siren Study(2021)

Feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a mobile health stroke intervention among Ghanaian health workers(2022)

Frequency and factors associated with post-stroke seizures in a large multicenter study in West Africa(2021)

Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Copeptin, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Concentrations among West African Stroke Subjects Compared with Stroke-Free Controls(2017)

Determinants of First‐Ever Stroke Severity in West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study(2023)

Determinants of metabolic syndrome and its prognostic implications among stroke patients in Africa: Findings from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) study(2022)

Stroke occurrence by hypertension treatment status in Ghana and Nigeria: A case-control study(2024)

Association between alcohol consumption and stroke in Nigeria and Ghana: A case–control study(2024)

Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Determinants of 1-month Outcome of Stroke Among West Africans in the SIREN Study (1606)(2020)

Patient- and Health Facility-Level Determinants of Stroke Fatality Across 15 Large Hospitals in Ghana & Nigeria(2022)

Differential associations between pre-diabetes, diabetes and stroke occurrence among West Africans(2022)

The Significance of the WHO/ISH Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Scores among Recent Stroke Survivors in Ghana—Insights from the PINGS2 multicenter study(2025)

Antecedent sedative use is independently associated with stroke occurrence among west Africans: Evidence from the SIREN case-control study(2025)

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(2017)

Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adults from a rural community in Ghana.(2012)

Phone-based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial(2016)

Prevalence of Hypertension in Ghana: Analysis of an Awareness and Screening Campaign in 2019(2022)

Addressing Hypertension Care in Africa (ADHINCRA): Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled pilot trial(2022)

Risk Assessment Score and Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection Algorithm for Hypertension Among Africans: Models From the SIREN Study(2023)

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(2015)

Outcomes of starting first-line antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis B virus/HIV-coinfected patients in Ghana(2012)

Response to antiretroviral therapy in occult hepatitis B and HIV co-infection in West Africa(2012)

Liver stiffness and virologic outcomes after introducing tenofovir as part of antiretroviral therapy in lamivudine-experienced adults with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in Ghana: four-year follow up of the prospective HEPIK cohort(2016)

Current trends in admissions and outcomes of cardiac diseases in Ghana(2017)

Cost and outcomes of acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2023)

High prevalence of renal dysfunction and association with risk of death amongst HIV-infected Ghanaians(2013)

Prevalence and incidence of pre‐diabetes and diabetes mellitus among people living with HIV in Ghana: Evidence from the EVERLAST Study(2020)

Cardiovascular risk factors among Ghanaian patients with HIV: A cross‐sectional study(2019)

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)(2020)

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(2021)

Cardiovascular risk profile of HIV patients accessing routine care at a teaching hospital in Ghana(2016)

Unraveling the risk factors for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage among West Africans(2020)

Clinical and neuroimaging factors associated with 30-day fatality among indigenous West Africans with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage(2023)

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and severity of intracerebral hemorrhage: Insights from the SIREN study(2025)

Influence of Ancestral and Geographic Factors on Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risks Among Africans and Americans(2025)

Prevalence and Prognostic Features of ECG Abnormalities in Acute Stroke: Findings From the SIREN Study Among Africans(2017)

Electrical Cardioversion in a Patient with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation- A Case Report and Literature Review(2022)

Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana(2010)

Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study(2018)

Abstract 15333: The Addressing Hypertension Care in Africa (ADHINCRA) Study: A Multi-Level Nurse-Led, Mobile-Health Enhanced Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control in Ghana(2023)

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Preclinical Target Organ Damage Among Adults in Ghana: Findings From a National Study(2020)

Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study(2019)

PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN ADULTS FROM A RURAL(2012)

Phone-Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS II) Study: Protocol for a Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial(2021)

Phone-Based Intervention Under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS-2): A Randomised Multicentre Phase 3 Trial(2025)

The burden of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and stroke among emergency department admissions in Tanzania: A retrospective observational study(2019)

Efficacy and Acceptability of Rapid, Point-of-Care HIV Testing in Two Clinical Settings in Ghana(2009)

Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV positive adults in Ghana(2018)

Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV co-infected individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the HEPIK cohort(2016)

Exploring Overlaps Between the Genomic and Environmental Determinants of LVH and Stroke: A Multicenter Study in West Africa(2017)

Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis <scp>C</scp> virus infection among <scp>HIV</scp>‐infected adults in <scp>G</scp>hana(2014)

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA screening and sequencing using dry plasma spots(2017)

Factors associated with frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among selected sub-Saharan African populations: evidence from the Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource Project(2024)

Dietary patterns associated with hypertension among stroke-free indigenous Africans: insights from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network study(2024)

Low vegetable consumption doubles the odds of stroke among people with hypertension: Findings from the SIREN Study in West Africa(2025)

Behavioural and nutritional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among the Ghanaian population- a cross-sectional study(2024)

The Influence of Religious Participation and Use of Traditional Medicine on Type 2 Diabetes Control in Urban Ghana(2021)

Secondhand smoke exposure is independently associated with stroke among non-smoking adults in West Africa(2022)

Non-cigarette Tobacco Use and Stroke Among West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study(2023)

A collaborative effort across Africa to investigate risk factors and outcomes of premature acute coronary syndrome: Protocol for the EAS Lipid Registry of Africa (LIPRA)(2024)

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaians: A comparison of the risk assessment tools.(2024)

Proposed lipidology and preventive cardiology research priorities in Africa; Results of a Delphi survey(2025)

Greater Disease Severity and Worse Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19 in Africa(2024)

Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study(2009)

Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring(2018)

Diagnosis of treponemal co‐infection in HIV‐infected West Africans(2012)

National Trends and Outcomes of Patients Bridged to Transplant With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices(2019)

Cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Ghana: Findings from a national study(2020)

Undiagnosed sub-valvular aortic stenosis with an associated Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) presenting late in a multi-parous woman(2023)

A multicenter international prospective study of the validity and reliability of a COVID-19-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire(2022)

Are there differences in perceptions, preferences and attitudes towards disclosure of genetic testing for Stroke? A qualitative study among stroke-free SIREN-SIBS genomics study participants(2023)

Erratum: 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 Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6))(2019)

Sex-and-gender differences in cardiovascular risk factors and their correlates among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: A population-based health-screening survey(2023)

Abstract 17373: The Effect of a Multi-Level Nurse-Led and M-Health Intervention on Medication Adherence Among Adults with Uncontrolled Hypertension in the ADHINCRA Study(2023)

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SODIUM AND POTASSIUM ON DIFFERENCES IN RENIN AND ALDOSTERONE LEVELS AMONG GHANAIAN POPULATIONS IN RURAL GHANA, URBAN GHANA AND AMSTERDAM(2024)

A Collaborative Effort Across Africa to Investigate Risk Factors and Outcomes of Premature Acute Coronary Syndrome: Protocol for the Eas Lipid Registry of Africa (Lipra)(2024)

Chronic coronary syndrome in Africa: current management and service challenges, and opportunities for optimizing patient care(2025)

Dietary Fatty Acid Profile and Memory in Middle-Aged Women With Prediabetes: A Case Series(2025)

A Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Young Male With Eisenmenger Syndrome(2025)

Contextual Inquiry: Seven Guideposts of Investigating a Community's Context(2025)

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