ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa2012
Echocardiographic diagnoses in HIV-infected patients presenting with cardiac symptoms at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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- Pulmonary hypertension in the global population of adolescents and adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2019Pooled it
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- Predictors of hypertension in an urban HIV-infected population at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Article
- The spectrum of heart disease in adults in Malawi: A review of the literature with reference to the importance of echocardiography as a diagnostic modality.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2016Review
- Non-infectious Pulmonary Diseases and HIV.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2016Review
- Population-Based Assessment of Hypertension Epidemiology and Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and General Populations in Rural Uganda.PloS one · 2016Article
- Patterns of cardiovascular disease in a group of HIV-infected adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2015Article
- Why the communicable/non-communicable disease dichotomy is problematic for public health control strategies: implications of multimorbidity for health systems in an era of health transition.International health · 2015Review
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Heart Failure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.JACC. Heart failure · 2015Review
- HIV related pulmonary arterial hypertension: epidemiology in Africa, physiopathology, and role of antiretroviral treatment.AIDS research and therapy · 2015Review
- Cardiac Disease and HIV in Africa: A Case for Physical Exercise.The open AIDS journal · 2015Article
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- Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of pulmonary hypertension among adult patients with HIV infection in Ethiopia.Pulmonary circulationArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the pattern of echocardiographic diagnoses in HIV-infected patients presenting with cardiac symptoms at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
methodsPatients known to be HIV positive and with cardiac complaints were prospectively recruited from the Hospital's care and treatment centre as well as from the medical wards. Clinical assessment, laboratory tests and echocardiography were performed.
resultsA total of 102 patients were recruited from September 2009 to April 2010. The patients' mean age was 42.4 years and 68.6% were women. The most common diagnosis was pericardial effusion present in 41.2% of the patients. The effusion was large in 5.9% and small in 35.3% of the patients. Hypertensive heart disease was diagnosed in 34.3%, while pulmonary hypertension and dilated cardiomyopathy were present in 12.7 and 9.8%, respectively.
conclusionCardiac abnormalities are common in HIV-infected patients, particularly when they present with symptoms.
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