[Contribution of cardiac CT in the management of congenital heart disease : experience of the Abidjan cardiology institute in 27 cases].

Introduction And Objectives: In contrast to developed countries, cardiac CT is not widely used in West Africa for the assessment of congenital heart disease, and has only recently been introduced in Côte d'Ivoire. The lack of data prompted this study, the aim of which was to describe our experience of the contribution of CT to the management of congenital heart disease in the Ivorian cardiology setting.

Patients And Method: This was a prospective study which took place in the pediatric cardiology department over a period of 9 months (September 2022 to June 2023) which included all patients with congenital heart disease explored by echocardiography and cardiac scan.

Hypertension management in an outpatient clinic at the Institute of Cardiology of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Background: Elevated blood pressure is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Aim: To evaluate blood pressure management in Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among 2575 hypertensive patients from the Institute of Cardiology of Abidjan, who were followed for at least 10 years, between January 2000 and December 2009.