Alcohol consumption and heart failure in hypertensives

Olubodun, J.; Lawal, S. O. A.

doi:10.1016/0167-5273(95)02500-6

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“…A patient was considered to have hypertensive heart failure on the basis of self reported history of hypertension and/or the use of blood pressure-lowering medication in addition to the criteria of heart failure as stated above or had documented blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg 10. Chronic alcohol ingestion was based on self report of intake of ≥ 80 g of alcohol daily for at least three years 11. Dilated cardiomyopathy was defined by the presence of dilated left ventricle (with or without dilatation of the other three cardiac chambers) with global systolic and diastolic dysfunction 12.…”

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Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Onwuchekwa

Asekomeh²

2009

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BackgroundCongestive cardiac failure (CCF) has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide and imposes an escalating burden on the health care system.ObjectiveTo determine the causes and mortality rate of CCF in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), south Nigeria, over a five-year period from January 2001 to December 2005.MethodsA retrospective study of CCF cases were identified from the admission and discharge register of the medical wards of UPTH and the case notes were retrieved from the medical records department and analyzed.ResultsThere were 423 patients: 242 males and 181 females. Their ages ranged from 18 to 100 years with a mean of 54.4 ± 17.3. The commonest causes of CCF were hypertension (56.3%) and cardiomyopathy (12.3%). Chronic renal failure, rheumatic heart disease, and ischemic heart disease accounted for 7.8%, 4.3%, and 0.2% of CCF, respectively. Peripartum heart disease was rare despite being commonly reported in northern Nigerian females. Eighteen patients died from various complications with a mortality rate of 4.3%.ConclusionThe burden of CCF in the Niger Delta is mainly attributed to hypertension. Efforts should be geared towards hypertension awareness, detection, treatment, and prevention in the region.

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Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Onwuchekwa

Asekomeh²

2009

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“…Among middle‐aged men, a link exists between heavy drinking and an increased risk of stroke that is largely related to the effects of alcohol on BP 7 . In addition, heavy alcohol consumption appears to be a major contributory factor to heart failure in hypertensive patients 8 …”

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Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Hypertension: Clinical Implications of Current Research

Miller¹,

Anton²,

Egan

et al. 2005

J of Clinical Hypertension

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Substantial evidence demonstrates that: 1) heavy alcohol consumption (three or more standard drinks per day) is associated with and predictive of hypertension; 2) reduction in alcohol consumption is associated withA s the most common primary diagnosis in the United States, hypertension affects approximately 30% of the population and more than one half of people over the age of 60.1,2 An additional 22% may be prehypertensive. Hypertension is the leading cause of stroke and congestive heart failure and the second most common contributor to endstage renal disease. 2Recent evidence suggests that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduction in the risk of total and cardiovascular disease mortality in hypertensive men.3 The seventh as well as several of the other reports of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) recommend that hypertensive patients limit alcohol intake to no more than two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women. Excessive alcohol consumption (three or more drinks per day) increases blood pressure (BP) significantly in normotensive and hypertensive patients and is strongly linked to hypertension. 4Even in young patients with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension, daytime diastolic BP variability is significantly increased in heavy drinkers, even after adjusting for smoking. 5A national consensus panel in Canada recently conducted a comprehensive review of the alcoholhypertension literature and found overwhelming R e v i e w P a p e r • C M E

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Congestive Heart Failure in Nigerians: A Review

Sofowora

Ajayi²

2015

Management of Heart Failure

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Alcohol consumption and heart failure in hypertensives

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Hypertension: Clinical Implications of Current Research

Congestive Heart Failure in Nigerians: A Review

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