Aim: To determine the prevalence of carotid atheroma in hypertensive patients and assess the levels of cardiovascular risk.
Methods: This is a prospective study that took place in the outpatient department of the National Cardiology Center of Nouakchott over a period of 6 months (October 2019 to March 2020). Patients with hypertension without complications were included. Patients lost to followup and those whose records were incomplete were excluded from the study.
Results: Out of a total of 171 patients, a total of 93 patients (54.38%) was collected, of which 54.8% were women, 55.9% of the patients in the series were over 50 years old.The associated cardiovascular risk factors were dominated by dyslipidemia (27.9%), diabetes (20.4%), smoking (26.8%). hypertension was grade 2 in 47.3% of patients and grade 3 in 52.7% of patients. Left ventricular hypertrophy was noted in 77.4% of patients. Echo-Doppler of the supra-aortic trunks revealed atherosclerotic plaques in 63.4% of patients.
Conclusion: The prevalence of carotid atheroma in hypertensive patients at high cardiovascular risk level was frequent in our series, it follows from this to recommend early detection for optimal management.
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