Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Figures & data

Figure 1 Bar chart of age (years)/sex distribution of patients with heart failure.

Table 1 Distribution of etiology of heart failure in 423 patients

Etiology	Male	Female	Total	%
Hypertension	132	106	238	56.3
Cardiomyopathies
Dilated	20	11	31	7.3
Diabetes mellitus	2	7	9	2.1
HIV	4	2	6	1.4
Alcoholic	3	2	5	1.2
Restrictive	1	0	1	0.2
Chronic renal failure	23	10	33	7.80
Severe anemia	10	10	20	4.72
Rheumatic heart diseases	5	13	18	4.26
Cor pulmonale	7	2	9	2.13
Congenital valvular heart disease	1	0	1	0.24
Ischemic heart disease	1	0	1	0.24
Missing	32	15	47	11.11
Total	242	181	423	100