Open AccessEchocardiography in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital: April 2000 to March 2003
Author(s) -
D I Agomuoh,
Maclean R Akpa,
Datonye Alasia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i2.37096
Subject(s) - port harcourt , port (circuit theory) , medicine , teaching hospital , general surgery , engineering , sociology , electrical engineering , socioeconomics
Echocardiography is a cheap and non-invasive technique for the investigation of cardiac diseases with reliable levels of accuracy. Echocardiography services commenced in the Cardiac unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in April 2000. There is a need to establish an accurate pattern of cardiac diseases seen in the centre based on echocardiography assessment. The aim of the study was to review the pattern of cardiac diseases diagnosed by echocardiography in the cardiology unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching hospital.