Table 2. Aetiology Of Heart Failure In Patients With Preserved And Reduced Ejection Fraction.
| Diagnosis | LVEF ≥ 50% n = 42 (%) | LVEF < 50% n = 71 (%) | Total n = 113 (%) | p-value |
| HHD | 17 (40.5) | 32 (45.1) | 49 (43.4) | 0.634 |
| RHD | 10 (23.8) | 12 (16.9) | 22 (31.0) | 0.370 |
| DCM | _ | 17 (23.9) | 17 (15.0) | |
| PPHD | 2 (4.8) | 7 (9.9) | 9 (8.0) | 0.279 |
| IHD | 1 (2.6) | 3 (4.2) | 4 (3.5) | 0.524 |
| Effusive pericarditis | 4 (9.5) | _ | 4 (3.5) | |
| Other | 8 (19.1) | _ | 8 (7.1) | |
| Total | 42 (37.2) | 71 (62.8) | 113 (100) |
LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; n, number of patients; HHD, hypertensive heart disease; RHD, rheumatic valvular heart disease; DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; PPHD, peripartal heart disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease.