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Table 1 Echocardiographic diagnosis among the 1252 patients

From: The spectrum of cardiac disease in the West Region of Cameroon: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Heart diseases

Frequency (%)

Total

0-9 years

10-19 years

20-39 years

40-49 years

≥50 years

Congenital heart disease

22 (52.4)

3 (10.3)

4 (26.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

29 (2.3)

Rheumatic heart disease

12 (28.6)

18 (62.1)

8 (53.3)

2 (2.2)

2 (0.2)

42 (3.4)

Hypertensive heart disease

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (8.7)

512 (47.7)

520 (41.5)

Cardiomyopathies

0 (0)

2 (6.9)

3 (20)

49 (53.2)

328 (30.5)

382 (30.5)

Endocarditis

6 (14.3)

4 (13.8)

0 (0)

8 (8.7)

3 (0.3)

21 (1.7)

Ischaemic heart disease

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

30 (2.8)

30 (2.4)

Pericarditis

0 (0)

2 (6.9)

0 (0)

25 (27.2)

61 (5.7)

88 (7)

Others

2 (4.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

138 (12.8)

140 (11.2)

Total

42 (3.4)

29 (2.3)

15 (1.2)

92 (7.3)

1074 (85.8)

1252 (100)

  1. Proportions of heart diseases are reported according to each age group.