Left ventricular recovery in an African cohort of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease associated with pregnancy. There are limited data regarding the outcome of PPCM and its predictive factors in sub-Saharan African patients. We prospectively conducted a double-center (cardiology unit of the department of medicine, Regional Hospital Center of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso and the department of cardiology of the National Referral Teaching Hospital of N´Djamena, Chad) cohort study in patients with PPCM.

[Characteristics of effusive pericarditis in N'Djamena (Chad)].

Introduction: Pericarditis is a commun cause of hospitalisation in cardiology and internal medicine wards.

Objective: We aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of effusive pericarditis at the Department of cardiology of the National Referral Teaching Hospital of N'Djamena, Chad.

Methods: We undertook a descriptive cross-sectional study from January 2017 to December 2019.