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Fetal echocardiography audit in a tertiary hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria

Adebayo, B E; Akinmoladun, J A; Agaja, O T.
Ann. Health Res. (Onabanjo Univ. Teach. Hosp.); 9 (3), 2023
Delayed detection of congenital heart diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contributes to the poor outcome of infants with cardiac anomalies. Fetal echocardiography (FE) can detect heart defects in-utero as early as the 18th gestational week (GA), giving parents and medical professionals...
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, Heart Defects, Congenital, Fetal Movement, Echocardiography, Echogenic Bowel
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Prevalence of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensives in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria

Murtala, Audu Ngabea; Ojji, Dike B; Hayatu, Umar; Isezuo, Simeon A.
Annals of Medical Research and Practice; 3 (4), 2022
OBJECTIVE: Systemic hypertension remains an important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and a major global public health problem. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a recognized complication of hypertension and strongly predicts cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In Nigeria, few studies ev...
Echocardiography, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular, Hypertension, Tertiary Healthcare, Caribbean Public Health Agency
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Hipereosinofilia na População Escolar dum Distrito Endémico para Fibrose Endomiocárdica no Sul de Moçambique
Hypereosinophilia in the School Population in a District Endemic for Endomyocardial Endomyocardial Fibrosis in Southern Mozambique

Mocumbi, Ana Olga; José, Tiago; Cachomba, Yolanda; Silva, Patrícia.
Rev. moçamb. ciênc. saúde; 1 (1), 2014
A hipereosinofilia é considerada um factor etiológico na patogénese da fibrose endomiocárdica, uma cardiomiopatia de causa desconhecida com elevada prevalência em Inharrime. Como parte dum estudo de estabelecimento de uma coorte para estudo de incidência de fibrose endomiocárdica nesse distrito, f...
Fibrosis/pathology, Endomyocardial Fibrosis/diagnosis, Eosinophilia/chemically induced, Eosinophils, Eosinophilia/blood, Wounds and Injuries/diagnosis, Echocardiography/methods
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