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Table 3 Echocardiographic Diagnoses in the 1441 subjects

From: Spectrum of heart diseases in a new cardiac service in Nigeria: An echocardiographic study of 1441 subjects in Abeokuta

 

All (n = 1441)

Males(n = 744)

Females (n = 697)

Diagnosis

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Hypertensive Heart Disease

817

56.7

447

60.2

370

53.0

Normal Study

449

31.2

207

27.8

242

34.6

Valvular Heart Disease

53

3.7

20

2.8

33

4.7

   • Rheumatic MR

30

-

12

-

18

-

   • Rheumatic MS

8

-

4

-

4

-

   • Rheumatic AR

2

-

2

-

0

-

   • Mixed type

7

-

4

-

3

-

   • Degenerative MS

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • AR Associated with Marfan's Syndrome

1

-

1

-

0

-

   • AS associated with Bicuspid aorta

1

-

 

-

0

-

   • Mitral Valve Prolapse

3

-

3

-

0

-

Cardiomyopathy

44

3.0

21

2.8

23

3.3

   • Idiopathic DCM

34

-

18

-

16

-

   • Doxorubicin Induced CM

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • Peripartum CM

4

-

0

-

4

-

   • EMF

4

-

2

-

2

-

   • HOCM

1

-

1

-

0

-

Pericardial Diseases

26

1.8

20

2.8

6

0.9

Pericarditis

25

-

19

-

6

-

   • Effusive

8

-

4

-

4

-

   • Effusive-constrictive

13

-

12

-

1

-

   • Constrictive

4

-

3

-

1

-

Pericardial cyst

1

-

1

-

0

-

Cor-pulmonale

23

1.6

13

1.8

10

1.4

   • COPD

20

-

12

-

8

-

   • HIV Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

2

-

1

-

1

-

   • Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

1

-

0

-

1

-

Ischaemic Heart Disease

9

0.6

8

1.1

1

0.1

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

6

0.4

1

0.1

5

0.7

   • Ostium primum ASD

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • Dextrocardia

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • VSD

1

-

1

-

0

-

   • Pulmonary stenosis

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • Tetralogy of Fallot

1

-

0

-

1

-

   • Partial endocardial cushion defect

1

-

0

-

1

-

Diabetic Heart Disease

6

0.4

4

0.5

2

0.3

Thyroid Heart Disease

6

0.4

0

0.00

6

0.9

Sickle Cell Cardiopathy

1

0.1

0

0.00

1

0.14

Atrial Tumour

1

0.1

1

0.1

0

0.00