Key result
Among patients with heart failure in Ghana, 93% had abnormal electrocardiograms, most commonly left ventricular hypertrophy (43.7%) and left axis deviation (39.6%).
Observational (n=398)
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ECG abnormalities are highly prevalent (93%) among heart failure patients in Ghana, underscoring the value of the 12-lead ECG for guiding diagnosis and therapy in resource-limited settings.
May support ECG utility in Ghanaian heart failure care; extends limited observational data but leaves practice change open.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, raised jugular venous pressure, clinical cardiomegaly, basal crepitations, S3 gallop, clinical acute pulmonary oedema, pulmonary upper lobe blood diversion on chest X-ray (or pulmonary oedema on chest X-ray).
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Isaac Kofi Owusu (2014) conducted an observational in Heart failure (n=398). Heart failure was evaluated on Prevalence of ECG abnormalities. Among patients with heart failure in Ghana, 93% had abnormal electrocardiograms, most commonly left ventricular hypertrophy (43.7%) and left axis deviation (39.6%).
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