Open AccessEchocardiographic pattern of acquired heart diseases in Nigeria
Author(s) -
EE Ekpe,
Mandu C Ikpe,
Idongesit Umoh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.169699
Subject(s) - medicine , heart disease , pericarditis , intracardiac injection , hypertensive heart disease , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , endomyocardial fibrosis , disease , pulmonary hypertension , rheumatic fever , population , heart failure , fibrosis , environmental health
Acquired heart diseases (AHDs) are present from childhood to old age, and the frequency of pathology differs according to age and the geographical region of the patients. The aim of this study was to document the echocardiographic patterns of AHDs in our setting.