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Table 5 Imaging findings of acute heart failure patients admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia between May 15 to September 12, 2017 (n = 169)

From: Treatment outcome and its predictors among patients of acute heart failure at a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study

Imaging

Finding

Frequency (%)

Chest X-ray (N = 42)

Pulmonary edema

27 (64.3)

Pleural effusion

12 (28.6)

Pneumonia

6 (14.3)

Normal

3 (7.1)

Electrocardiogram (N = 109)

Atrial fibrillation

59 (54.1)

Sinus tachycardia

37 (33.9)

Sinus rhythm

12 (11.0)

Bradycardia

5 (4.6)

Echocardiography (N = 83)

Chronic rheumatic heart disease

67 (80.7)

Pulmonary hypertension

55 (66.3)

Hypertensive heart disease / LVH

11 (13.3)

Ischemic heart disease

8 (9.6)

Pericardial effusion

3 (3.6)

Others (normal, degenerative heart disease)

4 (2.4)

  1. Key: LVH Left ventricular hypertrophy