作者
Rasaaq Ayodele Adebayo, Patience Olayinka Akinwusi, Michael Olabode Balogun, Anthony Olubunmi Akintomide, Victor Oladeji Adeyeye, Olugbenga Olusola Abiodun, Luqman Adeleke Bisiriyu, Suraj Adefabi Ogunyemi, Ebenezer Adekunle Ajayi, Olufemi Eyitayo Ajayi, Adebayo Tolulope Oyedeji
发表日期
2013/7/3
期刊
International journal of general medicine
页码范围
541-544
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Background
Echocardiography remains a key noninvasive cardiac investigative tool in the management of patients, especially in a developing economy like Nigeria. In this study, we investigated the indications for transthoracic echocardiography and spectrum of cardiac disease found in patients referred to our cardiac unit for echocardiography.
Methods
A prospective two-dimensional, pulsed, continuous, and color-flow Doppler echocardiographic evaluation was done using the transthoracic approach in 2501 patients over an eight-year period. Univariate data analysis was performed for mean age, gender, clinical indications, and diagnoses.
Results
The subject age range was less than 12 months to 97 years (mean 52.39 years). There were 1352 (54.06%) males and 1149 (45.94%) females. The most common indication for echocardiography was hypertension (52.1%) followed by congestive cardiac failure (13.9 …
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