Cardiovascular disease and ABO blood-groups in Africans. Are blood-group A individuals at higher risk of ischemic disease?: A pilot study.

Background: Since the discovery of the ABO blood group system by Karl Landsteiner in 1901, several reports have suggested an important involvement of the ABO blood group system in the susceptibility to thrombosis. Assessing that non-O blood groups in particular A blood group confer a higher risk of venous and arterial thrombosis than group O.Epidemiologic data are typically not available for all racial and ethnics groups.

Infective endocarditis in Principal Hospital of Dakar: a retrospective study of 42 cases over 10 years.

Infective Endocarditis (IE) is an endocardial infection usually caused by bacteria that affects not only the native heart valves but also, with increasing frequency intravascular implanted devices and congenital heart diseases. Despite medical advances, IE remains a life-threatening disease with substantial morbidity and mortality. In Africa, its diagnosis and treatment are still a major challenge in clinical practice.

[Clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic aspects in elderly hypertensive patients in Senegal].

Introduction: Arterial hypertension (HTA) in the elderly is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Our study aims to describe the clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic aspects of Arterial hypertension in elderly patients.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study from January to September 2013.

[Overdose in Vitamin K antagonists administration in Dakar: epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary aspects].

Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are widely used for the prevention and curative treatment of thromboembolic events. This study aims to describe the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary aspects of overdose in Vitamin K antagonists administration and determine its hemorrhagic factors. We conducted a monocentric cross-sectional descriptive study at the Principal Hospital in Dakar.

Superior vena cava syndrome revealing a Behçet's disease.

Introduction: Behçet's disease (BD) is a rare vasculitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Vascular thrombosis, especially venous, is common in this condition and also constitutes a basic diagnostic criterion. Its affection of the superior vena cava is rather rare with only a few cases described in the literature.