[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.

Peripartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that predominantly affects women, particularly during pregnancy or postpartum period. We present a case of peripartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a 41-year-old African woman, highlighting the clinical presentation, diagnostic challenges, and management strategies.

[Vascular age and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients followed at the heart institute].

Objective: To calculate the vascular age of hypertensive patients and assess the risk at 10 years of occurrence of an absolute cardiovascular event in outpatient consultation of the Abidjan Heart Institute.

Patients And Methodology: Cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical purposes from June 2021 to September 2021, i.e.

[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.

[Practice of home blood pressure monitoring in a population of hypertensive patients in subsaharan Africa].

Aim: To investigate home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) practice among treated hypertensive patients in a subsaharan Africa setting.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional observational study over a five-month period from April 30 to September 30, 2019. The survey was carried out among treated hypertensive patients aged at least 18-years-old, received in outpatient consultations department at the Abidjan Heart Institute during the study period.