Impact of severe hypertension in acute heart failure in Brazzaville (Congo)

Autor:	F. Etitiele, G. Kimbally-Kaky, B.I. Atipo-Ibara, Thierry Raoul Gombet, B.F. Ellenga Mbolla
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Exacerbation business.industry Anemia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cardiomyopathy medicine.disease Surgery Infectious Diseases Relative risk Heart failure Internal medicine Severity of illness Medicine Decompensation business Stroke
Zdroj:	Médecine et Santé Tropicales. 22:98-99
ISSN:	2261-2211 2261-3684
DOI:	10.1684/mst.2012.0017
Popis:	This retrospective study to assess the role of hypertension in acute heart failure (HF) reviewed the case records of 86 patients, including 35 men (41%) and 51 women (59%), mean age 55.6 ± 18 years, who were hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of HF. The cardiovascular risk factors considered were hypertension (56%), diabetes (8%), and smoking (13%); 11 patients were alcoholics (13%). HF was global in 71 cases (83%). Among the underlying heart diseases, hypertensive cardiomyopathy was noted in 22 patients (26%) and valvular disease in 17 patients (20%); the precise cause was not elucidated in 40 (47%). A decompensation factor was identified in 53 cases (62%). Among the patients admitted on an emergency basis for acute HF, the relative risk (RR) of severe hypertension (n = 41, 48%) was 3.75 (95% CI: 2.31 to 6.08, p
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