Table 2 Clinical profile of heart failure patients, JUSH, Ethiopia, from November 2013 to June 2014
Clinical profile | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Total (N = 284) | ||
Cause of heart failure | ||
Ischemic heart disease | 99 | 34.9 |
Rheumatic valvular heart diseases | 83 | 29.2 |
Hypertensive heart failure | 69 | 24.3 |
Cardiomyopathy | 25 | 8.8 |
Others | 8 | 2.8 |
New York heart association functional class | ||
Class I | 10 | 3.5 |
Class II | 123 | 43.5 |
Class III | 99 | 35.0 |
Class IV | 51 | 18.0 |
Comorbid illness | ||
No Comorbid illness | 140 | 49.5 |
Hypertension | 102 | 36 |
Chronic kidney disease | 17 | 6 |
Lung diseases | 12 | 4.2 |
Others | 12 | 4.2 |
Admission in the past 12 months | ||
Yes | 106 | 37.3 |
No | 178 | 62.7 |