Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria

AIMS: To evaluate the prevalence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and its characteristics (clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic) in a hospital population presenting for echocardiography at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). MATERIALS AND METHOD: The echocardiographic...

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Autores principales:	Amam Mbakwem, David Oke, Jayne Ajuluchukwu
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Publicado:	South African Heart Association 2017
Materias:	hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart muscle disease nigeria Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0509a5e79f924696b740bfd8ae968a4b2021-11-22T08:03:56ZHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria10.24170/6-2-19981996-67412071-4602https://doaj.org/article/0509a5e79f924696b740bfd8ae968a4b2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ/article/view/1998https://doaj.org/toc/1996-6741https://doaj.org/toc/2071-4602AIMS: To evaluate the prevalence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and its characteristics (clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic) in a hospital population presenting for echocardiography at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). MATERIALS AND METHOD: The echocardiographic records of patients over a two year period (1998-2000) were reviewed. Patients with a diagnosis of HCM were re-evaluated and included if they had a hypertrophied non-dilated left ventricle with maximal interventricular septum thickness ≥ 15mm and interventricular/posterior wall ratio >1.3 in the absence of any known cause of hypertrophy. RESULT: Fourteen (2%) of the 712 patients examined had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a male preponderance (M/F 3.7:1) and mean age of 43.14±15.00yrs. The commonest symptoms were chest pain and palpitations in about 50% of the subjects. Giant T wave inversion was present on the electrocardiogram of 42.9% of the subjects. The mean interventricular septum was 23.25±7.86mm (range 16 - 36mm) and the mean posterior wall thickness was 13.66±7.86mm (range 8.3 – 20mm). CONCLUSION: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy occurs in about 2% of our population referred for echocardiographic examination. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be considered in young males presenting with chest pain in Nigeria.Amam MbakwemDavid OkeJayne AjuluchukwuSouth African Heart Associationarticlehypertrophic cardiomyopathyheart muscle diseasenigeriaDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENSA Heart Journal, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 104-109 (2017)
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spellingShingle	hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart muscle disease nigeria Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701 Amam Mbakwem David Oke Jayne Ajuluchukwu Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
description	AIMS: To evaluate the prevalence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and its characteristics (clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic) in a hospital population presenting for echocardiography at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). MATERIALS AND METHOD: The echocardiographic records of patients over a two year period (1998-2000) were reviewed. Patients with a diagnosis of HCM were re-evaluated and included if they had a hypertrophied non-dilated left ventricle with maximal interventricular septum thickness ≥ 15mm and interventricular/posterior wall ratio >1.3 in the absence of any known cause of hypertrophy. RESULT: Fourteen (2%) of the 712 patients examined had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a male preponderance (M/F 3.7:1) and mean age of 43.14±15.00yrs. The commonest symptoms were chest pain and palpitations in about 50% of the subjects. Giant T wave inversion was present on the electrocardiogram of 42.9% of the subjects. The mean interventricular septum was 23.25±7.86mm (range 16 - 36mm) and the mean posterior wall thickness was 13.66±7.86mm (range 8.3 – 20mm). CONCLUSION: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy occurs in about 2% of our population referred for echocardiographic examination. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be considered in young males presenting with chest pain in Nigeria.
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author	Amam Mbakwem David Oke Jayne Ajuluchukwu
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title	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
title_short	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
title_full	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
title_fullStr	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria
title_sort	hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in south western nigeria
publisher	South African Heart Association
publishDate	2017
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria

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