Clinical profile of dilated cardiomyopathy in children enrolled in chronic cardiac care: a decade review in a sub-Saharan African tertiary center
Henock Gashaw, Henok Tadele · 2024
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Description
Henock Gashaw and Henok Tadele describe children treated for a weakened, stretched heart muscle at a large hospital in Ethiopia. The disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, leaves the main pumping chamber too weak to push blood well. African data on it are scarce, and none existed for Ethiopia. Their 2024 review covers 75 children in long-term heart care at one center.
Half the patients were boys, and the median age at diagnosis was eighteen months. Cough, fast breathing, and breathlessness were the most common signs, and heart strength at diagnosis was badly reduced. In most cases no cause was recorded, though HIV and cancer drugs each explained a few. About a third of the children improved, most stayed the same, and the death rate was about five percent. Poor nutrition at arrival, latest heart strength, and use of one drug tracked with outcome.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Henock Gashaw, Henok Tadele |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |