Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of pulmonary hypertension among heart failure patients in Lagos, south-western Nigeria.

Kushimo, O A; Mbakwem, A C; Ajuluchukwu, J N; Amadi, C E

Kushimo, O A; Mbakwem, A C; Ajuluchukwu, J N; Amadi, C E.

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Kushimo OA; Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Email: wolekushimo@gmail.com.
Mbakwem AC; Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria; College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Ajuluchukwu JN; Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria; College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Amadi CE; Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria; College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Cardiovasc J Afr ; 30(1): 9-14, 2019.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30398285

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Echocardiography, Doppler; Heart Failure/diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure/epidemiology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnostic imaging; Hypertension, Pulmonary/epidemiology; Adult; Aged; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Heart Failure/therapy; Hemodynamics; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve Insufficiency/epidemiology; Mitral Valve Insufficiency/physiopathology; Nigeria/epidemiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left; Ventricular Function, Right

Key words

echocardiography; heart failure; pulmonary hypertension; correlates

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Echocardiography, Doppler / Heart Failure / Hypertension, Pulmonary Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: Cardiovasc J Afr Journal subject: ANGIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2019 Type: Article

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