[Assessment of treatment adherence among black Africans with heart failure].

Study Aim: to analyze patient-related factors that may influence adherence in patients with heart failure in an African cardiology department.

Methodology: This prospective observational study took place in the in-patient department of the Abidjan cardiology institute and enrolled consecutive patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure from January to November 2014. The inclusion criteria were chronic heart failure in patients older than 18 years, developing for at least 6 months and treated by medication.