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Hypertension and its complications are also common in low-resource specialty clinics

Hypertension Research volume 46, pages 214–218 (2023)Cite this article

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The spectrum of cardiovascular diseases in an outpatient low-resource rural specialty tertiary center is not well documented. The study aimed to determine the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases in this setting. We analyzed the medical records of 748 patients with complete data between June 1 and December 31, 2017. The mean age was 49.11 ± 14.47 years. The females were younger than the males (46.21 ± 14.78 vs. 53.64 ± 13.29 p value < 0.001). Hypertensive heart disease was the most common disorder (416 cases, 55.6%). Two hundred and five patients had heart failure (49.28%), while peripartum cardiomyopathy occurred in 8.33%. Seventy-five patients had valvular heart disease, 68% due to rheumatic heart disease.

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    Umar G. Adamu, Musa Tanko, Umar Ndajiya & Idogonsit Okon Ibok

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Umar G. Adamu

  3. Department of Nursing Services, General Hospital, Minna, Nigeria

    Aisha Abdullahi

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Adamu, U.G., Tanko, M., Abdullahi, A. et al. Hypertension and its complications are also common in low-resource specialty clinics. Hypertens Res 46, 214–218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-022-01053-5

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