Publications by authors named "Ugoeze Nneka Iloeje"
Introduction/background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. The AF Atrial Fibrillation Registry, which commenced in June 2023, was designed to provide clinical epidemiological data on patients with AF in the country.
Objective(s): The objective is to describe the rationale, design, and early findings from the registry.
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- Chronic heart failure (CHF) presents distinct gender-specific factors that impact patient care, yet women are underrepresented in related studies, highlighting a need for more focused research.
- This study examines 1,290 CHF patients to analyze gender differences in causes, comorbidities, treatment, and one-year mortality rates.
- Findings reveal that men, who made up 55.8% of the study group, generally had worse health outcomes, prevalent comorbidities, and higher mortality rates compared to women, suggesting significant gender disparities in CHF profiles.
Rationale: Pulmonary embolism is a rare life-threatening condition in pediatric populations. Diagnosis is often challenging in resource-constrained settings suffering chronic shortages of specialist and diagnostic services. We report the prompt recognition and challenging management of pulmonary embolism in an adolescent presenting to a private specialist hospital in a resource-constrained country.
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