ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa
Trends and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in Lagos, Nigeria: a 16-year review.
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Readmission Among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases in Africa: A Systematic Review.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Pooled it
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- Apolipoproteins and high-density lipoprotein phospholipids as indicators of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Nigeria.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
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- Patterns and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in the medical wards of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A two-year review.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCardiovascular disease (CVD)-related admissions are on the increase in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. This study was carried out to highlight the burden, patterns and outcomes of CVD admissions in a tertiary hospital over a 16-year period in Lagos, Nigeria.
methodsAdmissions records of patients admitted into the medical wards within the study period (January 2002 to December 2017) were reviewed and relevant information pertaining to the study objectives was retrieved for analysis.
resultsThere were a total of 21 369 medical admissions and 4 456 (20.8%) CVD-related admissions. A total of 3 582 medical deaths were recorded and 1 090 (30.4%) CVD-related deaths. The median age of the patients was 56.6 (46.0-68.0) years and 51.4% of these were males. Stroke, heart failure, hypertensive disease and acute coronary syndrome constituted 51.2, 36.2, 11.3 and 1.6% of all CVD admissions, respectively. There was a cumulative increase in the number of CVD admissions and deaths (
conclusionsCVD admissions are not only common in Nigeria, but there was also a temporal exponential increase in both the admission and death rates, most likely reflecting the epidemiological transition in Nigeria.
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