Pattern of Cardiac Diseases and Co-Existing Morbidities Among Newly Registered Cardiac Patients in an Adult Cardiac Referral Clinic of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern-Ethiopia

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Table 1 Pattern of Cardiac Disease and Age of Patients During Registry at the Cardiac Clinic

A Pattern of Cardiac Diseases	Frequency, n=236 (%)	Patients’ Age Mean (±SD) During Registry	Sex
			Males, n=116 (%)	Females, n=120 (%)
RHD	61 (25.8)	28.7 (13.1)	19 (16.4)	42 (35)
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy	55 (23.3)	44.9 (16)	23 (19.8)	32 (29.2)
IHD	41 (17.4)	58 (14.4)	27 (23.3)	14 (16.7)
HHD	29 (12.3)	53.1 (16.7)	18 (15.5)	11 (9.2)
Cor pulmonale	14 (5.9)	52.1 (14.0)	10 (8.6)	4 (3.3)
DVHD	10 (4.2)	64 (10.8)	6 (5.2)	4 (3.3)
RHD+infective endocarditis (IE)	9 (3.8)	24.4 (8.0)	5 (4.3)	4 (3.3)
Pericardial diseases	8 (3.4)	34.9 (15.7)	5 (4.3)	3 (2.5)
Others*	9 (3.8)	27.8 (11.2)	3 (2.6)	6 (5.0)

Notes: *Congenital heart diseases (CHD), Arrhythmia and myocarditis.

Abbreviations: DVHD, degenerative valvular heart disease; IE, infective endocarditis; IHD, ischemic heart disease; HHD, hypertensive heart disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.

Table 2 Pattern of Cardiac Diseases Distribution with the Age of Cardiac Patients

A Pattern of Cardiac Diseases	Total Percent	Age of Cardiac Patients
		15–19, No (%)	20–29, No (%)	30–39, No (%)	40–49, No (%)	50–59, No (%)	60–69, No (%)	≥70, No (%)
RHD, n=61	25.8	20 (32.8)	19 (31.1)	7 (11.5)	7 (11.5)	6 (9.8)	2 (3.3)	0 (0.0)
HHD, n=29	12.3	0 (0.00	2 (6.9)	5 (17.2)	4 (13.8)	5 (17.2)	5 (17.2)	8 (27.6)
Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, n=55	23.3	0	10 (18.2)	10 (18.2)	10 (18.2)	14 (25.5)	8 (14.5)	3 (5.4)
IHD, n=41	17.4	0	1 (2.4)	3 (7.3)	5 (12.2)	9 (21.9)	16 (39.0)	7 (17.1)
Cor pulmonale, n=14	5.9	0	1 (7.1)	2 (14.3)	1 (7.1)	6 (42.9)	3 (21.4)	1 (7.1)1
DVHD, n=10	4.3	0	0	0	1 (10.0)	1 (10.0)	7 (70.0)	1 (10.0)
Pericardial diseases, n=8	3.4	1 (12.5)	3 (37.5)	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)
RHD+IE, n=9	3.8	3 (33.3)	4 (44.4)	2 (22.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Others, n=9	3.8	3 (33.3)	2 (22.2)	2 (22.2)	1 (11.1)	1 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Abbreviations: DVHD, degenerative valvular heart disease; IE, infective endocarditis; IHD, ischemic heart disease; HHD, hypertensive heart disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.

Figure 1 Echocardiographic report of RHD patients for the valve(s) involvement.

Abbreviations: AR, aortic regurgitation; MR, mitral regurgitation; MS, mitral stenosis.

Table 3 Pattern of Co-Existed Morbidities Among Cardiac Patients in the Cardiac Referral Clinic

Comorbidity	Frequency n=81	Percent
HTN	44	18.6
DM	5	2.1
Stroke	1	0.42
CKD	1	0.42
Thyrotoxicosis	7	2.97
HTN+DM	11	4.7
HTN+stroke	3	1.27
HTN+CKD	3	1.27
HTN+DM+Stroke	1	0.42
HTN+DM+CKD	1	0.42
HTN+Thyrotoxicosis	1	0.42
HTN+Asthma	3	1.27

Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension.