Publications by authors named "Afassinou Y"

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  • A study found that Afro-Caribbeans have a lower mortality rate from coronary artery disease (CAD) and better lipid profiles compared to Europeans.
  • Researchers analyzed 705 Afro-Caribbeans, genotyping them for 13 lipid-related variants while calculating polygenic risk scores for LDL, HDL, and triglycerides.
  • The study revealed that higher LDL-PRS was linked to elevated LDL levels and an increased risk of CAD, while HDL-PRS and TG-PRS showed no significant association with CAD.
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Cognitive decline and comorbid conditions commonly co-occur, and these conditions can affect cognitive health. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) according to weight status and to evaluate the associations between CI, weight status and comorbid conditions in adults of 55 years and older. The Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) was used.

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Background: Our study aimed to describe the clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolic event (VTE) associated with cancer in the context of limited resources.

Materials And Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study over a period of six years from March 1, 2016 to March 31, 2022, in the cardiology department and the oncology unit of the Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lome. Our study examined medical records of patients who were at least 18 years old and had venous thromboembolic disease and cancer that was histologically confirmed.

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  • A study in Guadeloupe aimed to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Afro-Caribbean adults without diabetes or cardiovascular issues, using the NCEP ATP III definition.
  • Out of 1011 participants (mostly women), the overall MetS prevalence was 17.9%, notably higher in women (21.1%) than men (10.8%), and increased with age, especially in women.
  • The findings indicated that adults aged 60 and older had significantly higher odds of hypertension, abdominal obesity, and high fasting blood glucose levels, highlighting the need for preventive measures against MetS, particularly for older adults and women.
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Background Data in the literature on acute coronary syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. Methods and Results We conducted a systematic review of the MEDLINE (PubMed) database of observational studies of acute coronary syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2020. Acute coronary syndrome was defined according to current definitions.

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Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and determinants of increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in a population of black hypertensive patients and it influence of on the assessment of their overall cardiovascular risk.

Patients And Methods: This was a 16-month, cross-sectional study conducted in the outpatient unit of the cardiology department of the Campus teaching hospital of Lome, and included 1203 hypertensive patients, both sexes, aged 35 years and more. Each patient benefited from a carotid IMT measure.

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Introduction: High-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) accounts for 5% of total acute PE and is a life-threatening emergency requiring immediate therapeutic management by fibrinolysis. The objective of this work is to describe the experience of thrombolysis in high-risk PE in a cardiology department in Togo.

Patients And Methods: This is an analytical and descriptive study carried out in the cardiology department of the Campus teaching hospital of Lomé over a period of 5 years (August 2012 to July 2017) concerning patients hospitalized for high-risk mortality PE and having undergone streptokinase thrombolysis.

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Introduction: The aim of this work was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the cardiology department of Lome Campus University Hospital in Togo.

Methodology: We conducted a prospective study that consistently included patients hospitalized from 2014 to 2017 for ACS, based on clinical, electrocardiographic, and laboratory findings.

Results: Of 1914 patients admitted to the department during the study period, 67 were admitted for ACS, for a 3.

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Introduction: This study provides an analysis of the evolutionary, clinical and epidemiological aspects of pulmonary embolism at the University Hospital Campus of Lome.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, analytic and descriptive study over a period of 39 months (November 1 , 2011- January 31, 2015). All the medical records of patients hospitalized for PE in the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital Campus were analyzed.

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Objective: to describe the course and the etiologic, prognostic, and therapeutic aspects of effusive pericarditis (EP) in Togo. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS: Prospective and longitudinal study conducted at the cardiology department of Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lome from February 1, 2011, to January 31, 2014, of patients hospitalized for EP, confirmed by Doppler echocardiography.

Results: The study included 38 patients.

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Aims: To determine the vascular age of patients suffering from stroke and their cardiovascular risk at 10 years and to compare their vascular age to their real age.

Material And Methods: It was about a descriptive and retrospective study carried up from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2013 at the neurologic clinic of the University teaching hospital Sylvanus Olympio of Lome from patients' files with a confirmed diagnostic of stroke according to the clinical examination and the scanner data.

Results: One hundred and ninety-four patients were related to our study.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and practices related to the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in medical settings in Lome (Togo). Hospitalists in Lome are relatively well aware of the risk of VTE in patients. They report risk factors for VTE as the primary indications for thromboprophylaxis.

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Aim: Describe the epidemiology, diagnosis and risk factors of hypertension in pregnant women in Lome.

Methods: It was a prospective, descriptive and comparative study during 12 months (October 1st, 2011 to September 31st, 2012) on 200 cases of hypertension among 1620 pregnant women, in the department of gynecology and obstetrics at the Tokoin teaching hospital of Lome.

Results: We had 200 cases of hypertension on 1620 pregnant women.

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Aims: The aim of the study was to analyze the epidemiologic, clinical and etiologic aspects of heart failures of the young age to 18 to 45 years.

Patients And Method: It consisted of a cross-sectional study realized in hospitalization in the service of cardiologic of Teaching Hospital Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé on 35 months (January 2009 to November 2012). The completion of a Doppler echocardiography was necessary to include the patients in the study.

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