Non compaction of left ventricular myocardium in Sub Saharan african adults.

Ventricular Non-Compaction: About the First Cases Reported in Lomé (Togo)

“…The mortality rate in this disease varies from 35% -47% in older series [30] to 2% -15% in recent publications [21] [22] [31]. In sub-Saharan Africa this rate remains around 20% and this is because patients are often diagnosed at the stage of advanced heart failure [16].…”

“…The estimated prevalence of VNC is 0.01% -0.26% in adults referred to echocardiography [4] [10] [11]. Few cases have been reported in sub-Saharan Africa [1]- [16]. Our study aims to describe the characteristics of the first cases of VNC diagnosed in Togo, one of the West-African Countries.…”