Factors associated with poor prognosis among patients admitted with heart failure in a Nigerian tertiary medical centre: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Distribution of prognostic factors among heart failure patients grouped by aetiology

Factors	Hypertensive heart disease	Peripartum cardiomyopathy	Dilated cardiomyopathy	Rheumatic heart disease	Acute myocardial infarction
	N = 45	N = 11	N = 8	N = 10	N = 6
LVEF ≤ 40%	16(35.6%)	9(81.8%)	6(75.0%)	2(20.0%)	6(100.0%)
Anaemia	18(40.0%)	4(36.4%)	4(50.0%)	0	2(33.3%)
Abnormal rhythm	11(24.4%)	0	0	6(60.0%)	2(33.3%)
Prolonged QT _c	11(24.4%)	2(18.2%)	4(50.0%)	0	2(33.3%)
Advanced age	9(20.0%)	0	0	0	2(33.3%)
Renal impairment	9(20.0%)	0	0	0	0
Complete LBBB	2(8.9%)	0	0	0	0

Key: N, Number of patients; LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; LBBB, Left Bundle Branch Block. * p-value statistically significant. Values are presented as N with percentages in parenthesis.

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