The spectrum of heart disease among adults at the Bamenda Regional Hospital, North west Cameroon: a semi urban setting

Akono, Manuel Ndo; Simo, Larissa Pone; Agbor, Valirie Ndip; Njoyo, Sylvain Laah; Mbanya, Dora

doi:10.1186/s13104-019-4803-1

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“…26 This study identified that IHD was the third leading cardiac disease etiology (17.4%). This was higher than the studies conducted in Southwest Ethiopia, 12 Nigeria, 14 North Ethiopia, 15 Southwest Cameroon, 16 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 and Northwest Cameroon, 21 in which the rates were 12%, 1.59%, 6.5%, 9.6%, 6.2%, and 7%, respectively. The variation might be attributed to differences in the study approach, time of the study, and the number of populations included between the studies.…”

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“…The finding was in line with the study conducted in Jimma, which was 12%. 29 Conversely, HHD was the second commonest type of heart disease in Southwest Ethiopia, 12 it was the first most common heart disease among the study conducted in Northwest Cameroon, 21 the rates of which were 24% and 41.1%, respectively. In support, HTN increased from 594 million in 1975 to 1.13 billion in 2015, with a high increase in low-and middle-income countries, 30 and is strongly associated with heart diseases like CHD, heart failure, AF, aortic valvular disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, and abdominal aortic aneurysms.…”

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“…However, an inconsistent rate of cardiomyopathy was reported in different studies, like 9.54% in Southwest Nigeria, 14 9.3% in North Ethiopia, 15 17.6% in Southwest Cameroon, 16 1.9% in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 and 11.4% in Northwest Cameroon. 21 The variation might be due to the difference in the sample size of the study and variations in the incident definitions. Besides, this study highlights a need for further investigation that related to specific risks and etiologies to explain the reason why it becomes more prevalent.…”

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<p>Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Morbidities Among Newly Registered Cardiac Patients in an Adult Cardiac Referral Clinic of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern-Ethiopia</p>

Shifeta¹,

Hirigo²

2020

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Background: Currently, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are rising in the world and require great concern because the consequences are not only morbidity and mortality, but also a high economic burden. However, the pattern of CVDs in Ethiopia is not well known. Therefore, this study aimed to describe CVD and co-existing morbidities among newly registered cardiac patients in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1 to December 31, 2016 among newly registered cardiac patients in an adult cardiac referral clinic. Records and cardiac referral clinic logbooks were used to collect relevant information using structured checklists. Results: Of the total 310 records of cardiac patients, 236 were explored and included in the study, while the records of 74 patients were absent in the cards room when tracing and/or incomplete to assess cardiac pattern. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) was the leading cardiac problem and diagnosed in 70 (29.7%) cases followed by non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (55, 23.3%), ischemic heart disease (41, 17.4%), hypertensive heart disease (29, 12.3%), and cor pulmonale (14, 5.9%). The mean age of RHD patients was 28.7 (±13.1) years. Eighty-two (35%) females and 23 (19.8%) males had RHD, while 69 (29.2%) females and 23 (19.8%) males had non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. The overall rate of mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and aortic regurgitation among patients with RHD were 39 (55.7%), 48 (68.6%), and 26 (37.1%), respectively. Moreover, the overall coexisted morbidity was 81 (34.3%), with a high rate of hypertension alone at 44 (18.6%) followed by hypertension with diabetes at 11 (4.7%). Conclusion: This study indicated that more than one-third of cardiac patients had at least one of the co-existing morbidities like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, asthma and other diseases. Therefore, careful diagnosis and management of cardiac patients plays an important role to minimize comorbidity-linked complications. Moreover, population-based studies are recommended for better representing and generalization.

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<p>Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Morbidities Among Newly Registered Cardiac Patients in an Adult Cardiac Referral Clinic of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern-Ethiopia</p>

Shifeta¹,

Hirigo²

2020

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“…[5,10,12] Hypertensive heart disease was the fourth commonest (13%) type of heart disease which is similar the study done in Hawassa (12.5%),but lower as compared to the nding of the previous study done at JUMC (24%) [5,14].Study from other developing countries showed HHD has become the rst leading cause of heart disease. [10,11] Hypertension was found to be the most common comorbidity associated with cardiac disease(21.3%) which similar to other studies done in Ethiopia. [9,12]…”

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Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Comorbidity Among Newly Registered Adult Cardiac Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

Asefa,

Jiru,

Fedlu

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Introduction Over the past decades cardiovascular diseases have emerged as the single most important cause of death and high economic burden worldwide. Low income and middle-income countries are seeing an alarming rise in cardiovascular disease. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries are facing an epidemiological shift from infectious disease to non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, and obesity. More than 1 million deaths were attributable to CVD in sub-Saharan Africa, which constituted 5.4% of all global CVD-related deaths and 13% of all deaths in Africa. The pattern of cardiac diseases is dynamic, so this study aimed to assess the pattern of cardiac diseases among newly registered adult cardiac patients who were on follow-up at Jimma University medical center. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted to assess pattern of cardiac disease among newly registered cardiac patients who were on follow-up at cardiac clinic of Jimma Medical Center from September 2020 to September 2022. Patients were selected from their clinical records by using systematic sampling technique. The collected data were entered into EPI data and analyzed using SPSS (version 26.0). Results A total of 207 patients were studied, 110(53.1%) were males. Ischemic heart disease was the leading cardiac disease 74(35.7%) followed by rheumatic heart diseases 58(28%). Most of the patients, 164(79.2%) were from urban areas, and the most common valvular lesion identified was combined mitral regurgitation and mitral stenosis (MR + MS), 23 (39.6%). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity,44(21.3%).

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“…Current study Aje et al [32] Sani et al [33] Agomuoh et al [34] Adebayo et al [35] Adesagna et al [36] Akono et al [37] Number by hypertension and RHD in SSA, as reported by the THESUS-HF study. [30] Pericardial disease was found in 3.5% (N = 53) from the echocardiography done in our hospital during the mentioned period.…”

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Pattern of cardiovascular diseases at a teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An echocardiographic study of 1500 patients

Adem,

Bacha,

Argaw

2023

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent a significant global health problem. They account for nearly one third of deaths worldwide. With improvements in diagnostic modalities, their prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rising. Disease pattens vary in different regions and communities and the pattern in our setting is not known. Echocardiography is a noninvasive diagnostic tool that essential for structural and hemodynamic assessment of the heart. It stands at the far front for comprehensive evaluation of the heart because of its relative low cost and wide availability. The aim of this study was to assess pattern of CVDs among patients who had echocardiography done at a teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A retrospective review of 1500 echocardiograms of patients referred to the echocardiography laboratory of St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) for cardiac evaluation from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 was performed. All subjects had standard transthoracic echocardiography performed by cardiologists using General Electric Vivid E9 and E95 machines. Demographic parameters and echocardiographic findings were collected using a structured checklist from the echocardiography register. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the echocardiographic findings. The mean age of subjects was 48.2 (SD of 18.2) and ranged between 14 and 100 years of age. Both males and females were nearly equally distributed with males accounting for 48.3%. Most (77.9%) of the subjects had an abnormal echocardiographic report; only 332 (22.1%) had a normal study. Diastolic dysfunction (DD) (33.4%), valvular heart disease (18.4%), and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (13.7%) were the most common findings in our hospital. Among patients with DD, Grade 1 dysfunction accounted for the majority (79.8%), of which 41% had associated LVH. Pulmonary hypertension (PH), cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease were also not uncommon. Abnormal echocardiographic findings are common in patients referred to our hospital for transthoracic echo. The commonest echocardiographic abnormalities were DD, Valvular heart disease (both rheumatic and calcific valves) and LVH.

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The spectrum of heart disease among adults at the Bamenda Regional Hospital, North west Cameroon: a semi urban setting

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

<p>Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Morbidities Among Newly Registered Cardiac Patients in an Adult Cardiac Referral Clinic of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern-Ethiopia</p>

<p>Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Morbidities Among Newly Registered Cardiac Patients in an Adult Cardiac Referral Clinic of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern-Ethiopia</p>

Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Comorbidity Among Newly Registered Adult Cardiac Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

Pattern of cardiovascular diseases at a teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An echocardiographic study of 1500 patients

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