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 QTc | 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.