What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Observational. Population: Acute myocardial infarction (n=120). Intervention: Acute myocardial infarction. Primary outcome: Mode of diagnosis, age, gender, risk factors, and outcome.

What does this research mean for the field?

Acute myocardial infarction in Kenya commonly presents with hypertension and diabetes as leading risk factors and carries high heart failure morbidity (44.2%) despite a relatively low in-hospital mortality rate (5%). Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

December 1, 2010Acta cardiologica. Supplementum

Pattern of acute myocardial infarction in an African country

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Key result

AMI in Kenya carries a ~44% rate of incident heart failure.

n=120

Population

120 cases of confirmed acute myocardial infarction admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya between…

Design

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Authors

JOJulius A Ogeng’oUniversity of Nairobi BOBeda OlabuAga Khan University Nairobi DODennis OngeraUniversity of Nairobi

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Implication

Suggests high post-AMI heart failure burden in Kenya; leaves open the contribution of regional factors to outcomes.

Study Design

Type

Observational (n=120)

Multicenter

Structured PICO

Population

120 patients with confirmed acute myocardial infarction admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya between 2000 and 2009.

Outcome

Mode of diagnosis, age, gender, risk factors, and outcome (recovery, congestive cardiac failure, death)

Acute myocardial infarction in Kenya affects a relatively young population and carries a high morbidity from heart failure, driven by both non-communicable diseases and infections.

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Ogeng’o et al. (2010) conducted an observational in Acute myocardial infarction (n=120). Acute myocardial infarction was evaluated on Mode of diagnosis, age, gender, risk factors, and outcome. Among 120 patients with acute myocardial infarction in Kenya, common risk factors included hypertension (35%) and diabetes (20.8%), with 44.2% developing heart failure and a 5% mortality rate.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa68cab2f265d5e947f270f https://doi.org/10.1080/ac.65.6.2059856

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Pattern of acute myocardial infarction in an African country

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Pattern of acute myocardial infarction in an African country

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Study Design

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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