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| العنوان: |
Heart diseases and echocardiography in rural Tanzania: Occurrence, characteristics, and etiologies of underappreciated cardiac pathologies. |
| المؤلفون: |
Raphael, Dominick M., Roos, Laurine, Myovela, Victor, Mchomvu, Elisante, Namamba, Jabir, Kilindimo, Said, Gingo, Winfrid, Hatz, Christoph, Paris, Daniel H., Weisser, Maja, Kobza, Richard, Rohacek, Martin |
| المصدر: |
PLoS ONE; 12/26/2018, Vol. 13 Issue 12, p1-16, 16p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HEART disease diagnosis, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, HYPERTENSION, RURAL development |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
TANZANIA |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Little is known about heart diseases and their treatment in rural sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to describe the occurrence, characteristics, and etiologies of heart diseases, and the medication taken before and prescribed after echocardiography in a rural referral Hospital in Tanzania. Methods: This prospective descriptive cohort study included all adults and children referred for echocardiography. Clinical and echocardiographic data were collated for analysis. Results: From December 2015 to October 2017, a total of 1’243 echocardiograms were performed. A total of 815 adults and 59 children ≤15 years had abnormal echocardiographic findings; in adults 537/815 (66%) had hypertension, with 230/537(43%) on antihypertensive drugs, and 506/815 (62%) were not on regular cardiac medication; 346/815 (42%) had severe eccentric or concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, and 182/815 (22%) had severe systolic heart failure. Only 44% demonstrated normal left ventricular systolic function. The most frequent heart diseases were hypertensive heart disease (41%), valvular heart disease (18%), coronary heart disease (18%), peripartum cardiomyopathy (7%), and other non-hypertensive dilated cardiomyopathies (6%) in adults, and congenital heart disease (34%) in children. Following echocardiography, 802/815 (98%) adults and 40/59 (68%) children had an indication for cardiac medication, 70/815 (9%) and 2/59 (3%) for oral anticoagulation, and 35/815 (4%) and 23/59 (39%) for cardiac surgery, respectively. Conclusion: Hypertension is the leading etiology of heart diseases in rural Tanzania. Most patients present with advanced stages of heart disease, and the majority are not treated before echocardiography. There is an urgent need for increased awareness, expertise and infrastructure to detect and treat hypertension and heart failure in rural Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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