[Prevention of the risk thromboembolic risk of atrial fibrillation in the cardiology department of Abidjan].

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac rhythm disorder whose incidence with age and which is responsible for high morbidity and mortality.

Objective: Evaluate the thromboembolic risk of patients with atrial fibrillation and analyze the quality of the oral anticoagulation therapy at the Abidjan cardiology institute.

Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective and prospective cross-sectional study, with descriptive and analytical aims in 332 patients followed for atrial fibrillation diagnosed on the electrocardiogram.

[Acute heart failure with altered ejection fraction : Electrocardiographic signs with mortality at the Abidjan cardiology institute].

Introduction: Heart failure with impaired ejection fraction (HFIEF) represents the end-stage of most cardiac diseases, and is responsible for a high mortality rate. In order to identify patients at risk, numerous clinical and paraclinical prognostic factors have been proposed. The electrocardiogram (ECG), easy to perform and inexpensive, retains a powerful role in the prognostic evaluation of heart failure patients.

[Do West African cardiologists adhere to the guidelines for the management of heart failure ?].

Introduction: Adherence to guidelines for the management of heart failure (HF) has been shown to be a strong predictor of reduced hospitalisations. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the adherence of West African cardiologists to guidelines for the management of HF.

Methodology: This was a prospective cross-sectional multicentric study (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin and Burkina-Faso).

[Assessment of Contraindications to Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy (PMC) in Abidjan Heart Institute, Côte d'Ivoire].

Rheumatic mitral stenosis is still common in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and echocardiographic contraindications to the realization of percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) in Abidjan Heart Institute. We conducted a prospective, transversal and analytical study in the Exploration Unit from March 30, 2017 to March 30, 2018.

[Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An exceptional cause of acute coronary syndrome].

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or sudden death, which typically affects young women. We reported two cases of black Africans patients, aged 56 and 52 years old, who presented to Abidjan Heart Institute for ACS. Coronary angiography showed spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery in the first case, and dissection of the distal left anterior descending artery in the second.

[Prevalence and characteristics of metabolic syndrome among hypertensive patients in Abidjan].

Aim: Assess prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in black Africans hypertensive patients.

Population: Prospective survey from 3rd November 2014 to 12th June 2015, at Abidjan Heart Institute. Study was carried out among patients aged 18 years old, admitted to external consultation.

[Prevalence and characteristics of acute coronary syndromes in a sub-Saharan Africa population].

Aim: To assess prevalence, characteristics and management of acute coronary syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa population.

Patients And Methods: Prospective survey from January, 2010 to December, 2013, carried out among patients aged 18 years old, admitted to intensive care unit of Abidjan Heart Institute for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Results: Four hundred and twenty-five (425) patients were enrolled in this study.

[Presumption of sleep apnea in a black African hypertensive population: Importance of the Epworth sleepiness scale in the diagnostic approach].

Introduction: Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is very little described in the hypertensive black African.

Purpose: To screen sleep apnea syndrome using the rating scale of Epworth daytime sleepiness, and to investigate the determinant factors and to infer therapeutic consequences.

Method: This is a retrospective and prospective study with descriptive and analytical purpose that focused on 200 hypertensive outpatients of the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan.

[Peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs in African diabetic patients: ultrasonography and determining factors].

Introduction: Diabetic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the lower limbs is underdiagnosed.

Methodology: This was a prospective study conducted over a six-month period from November 2012 to April 2013. A total of 308 diabetic patients were included from three diabetes centers in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).