Research Article
Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia
Table 1
Patient characteristics of childhood heart failure at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, 2016.
| | | Male | Female | Total |
| | Age | | | | | 0–36 months | 5 (14.7%) | 16 (22.2%) | 21 (19.8%) | | 37–72 months | 4 (11.8%) | 12 (16.7%) | 16 (15.1%) | | 73–108 months | 4 (11.8%) | 16 (16.7%) | 20 (19.0%) | | 109–168 months | 21 (61.8%) | 28 (38.9%) | 49 (46.0%) | | Type of heart disease | | | | | CHD | 12 (41.7%) | 30 (35.3%) | 42 (39.6%) | | RVHD | 19 (52.8%) | 38 (55.9%) | 57 (53.7%) | | Other causes | 3 (5.6%) | 4 (8.8%) | 7 (6.6%) | | RVSD | 3 (2.8%) | 6 (5.7%) | 9 (8.5%) | | LVSD | 8 (7.5%) | 18 (17%) | 26 (24.5%) |
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CHD: congenital heart disease, RVHD: rheumatic valvular heart disease, RVSD: right ventricular systolic dysfunction, and LVSD: left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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