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ABSTRACT: Objective
To compare Middle East Arabs and Indian subcontinent acute heart failure (AHF) patients.Methods
AHF patients admitted from February 14, 2012 to November 14, 2012 in 47 hospitals among 7 Middle East countries.Results
The Middle Eastern Arab group (4157) was older (60 vs. 54 years), with high prevalence of coronary artery disease (48% vs. 37%), valvular heart disease (14% vs. 7%), atrial fibrillation (12% vs. 7%), and khat chewing (21% vs. 1%). Indian subcontinent patients (382) were more likely to be smokers (36% vs. 21%), alcohol consumers (11% vs. 2%), diabetic (56% vs. 49%) with high prevalence of AHF with reduced ejection fraction (76% vs. 65%), and with acute coronary syndrome (46% vs. 26%). In-hospital mortality was 6.5% with no difference, but 3-month and 12-month mortalities were significantly high among Middle East Arabs, (13.7% vs. 7.6%) and (22.8% vs. 17.1%), respectively.Conclusions
AHF patients from this region are a decade younger than Western patients with high prevalence of ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and AHF with reduced ejection fraction. There is an urgent need to control risk factors among both groups, as well as the need for setting up heart failure clinics for better postdischarge management.
SUBMITTER: Panduranga P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824330 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Panduranga Prashanth P Al-Zakwani Ibrahim I Sulaiman Kadhim K Al-Habib Khalid K Alsheikh-Ali Alawi A Al-Suwaidi Jassim J Al-Mahmeed Wael W Al-Faleh Hussam H Elasfar Abdelfatah A Ridha Mustafa M Bulbanat Bassam B Al-Jarallah Mohammed M Asaad Nidal N Bazargani Nooshin N Al-Motarreb Ahmed A Amin Haitham H
Indian heart journal 20151210
<h4>Objective</h4>To compare Middle East Arabs and Indian subcontinent acute heart failure (AHF) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>AHF patients admitted from February 14, 2012 to November 14, 2012 in 47 hospitals among 7 Middle East countries.<h4>Results</h4>The Middle Eastern Arab group (4157) was older (60 vs. 54 years), with high prevalence of coronary artery disease (48% vs. 37%), valvular heart disease (14% vs. 7%), atrial fibrillation (12% vs. 7%), and khat chewing (21% vs. 1%). Indian subcontinent ...[more]