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Table 2 Cardiac diseases among patients attending the Mulago renal outpatient clinic

From: Pattern and presentation of cardiac diseases among patients with chronic kidney disease attending a national referral hospital in Uganda: a cross sectional study

Variable

Frequency (N = 217)

Percentage

LVH

118

54.4

PAH

48

22.1

Pericarditis

47

21.7

LV systolic failure

41

18.9

LV diastolic failure

38

17.5

Valvular heart disease

20

9.2

Cardiac dysrrhythmias

4

1.8

Ischemic heart disease

1

0.5

  1. LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, LV left ventricle, PAH pulmonary artery hypertension
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