A STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE IN QATARI RESIDENTS: DATA ANALYSIS FROM A TERTIARY HOSPITAL
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: Heart failure is a multi-faceted syndrome with diverse etiologies. Knowledge of the cause can be crucial to therapy and management including long term strategy planning. The aim of this study is to analyze the prevalence and etiology of heart failure present in Qatari residents, which is a mix of multiple ethnicities. Qatar is today one of the leading growing economies of the world and witnessing a population boom. It is currently undergoing major lifestyle changes, which comes with aplenty due to recently discovered vast natural resources. Enhanced knowledge of disease incidence/prevalence in the Qatari environment can have a prospect of developing and evaluating novel and more effective approaches for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the future. Methods: Our study was conducted in a total of 50 patients over a period of 21 months in a tertiary care institute. Detailed clinical history, followed by examination and laboratory tests were performed to identify the etiology and data analyzed to study the prevalence. Results: Our study revealed that in all cases of HF admitted in our hospital, 52% were males and 48% were females. The occurrence of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) was highest between 50 and 80 years in both males and females. The relation of CHF to various etiologies has been discussed. The data has also been compared with select international studies and the variations discussed. Conclusion: Major etiology of CHF was a combination of lifestyle disease, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and Ischemic heart disease. Minor causes included Valvular heart disease, chronic arrhythmias, and myocarditis and conduction system disease.
Authors and Affiliations
Barman M| Department of Cardiology, Al Ahli Hospital, PO Box 6401, Doha, Qatar, Corresponding author email: drbarman@yahoo.com, Djamel B. | Department of Cardiology, Al Ahli Hospital, PO Box 6401, Doha, Qatar
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