Hypertension management in an outpatient clinic at the Institute of Cardiology of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Background: Elevated blood pressure is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Aim: To evaluate blood pressure management in Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among 2575 hypertensive patients from the Institute of Cardiology of Abidjan, who were followed for at least 10 years, between January 2000 and December 2009.

Invasive measurements of atrioventricular conduction parameters prior to and following ventricular septal defect closure with the amplatzer device.

Background: Because of anatomical proximity, closure of paramembranous ventricular septal defect (pm-VSD) with an Amplatzer occluder has the potential to affect the atrioventricular (AV) conduction system.

Patients And Methods: Electrophysiology studies (EPS) were performed prior to and following closure of the pm-VSD in 19 children aged 8.9 +/- 4.

Differential pulmonary perfusion scan after percutaneous occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus: one-decade consecutive longitudinal study from a single institution.

Reduced left lung perfusion has been described following percutaneous occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). We aimed to identify the incidence of lung perfusion abnormalities and the associated risk factors in our consecutive series. Between November 1994 and December 2003, 150 procedures were performed on 145 patients, age 4.