| dc.contributor.author | Wani, FL | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T13:41:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T13:41:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | A dissertation presented in part-fulfilment for the degree of master of medicine (m.med.) in internal medicine of the University of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25483 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A prospective study of electrocardiograms (ECG's) in 102
hypertensive African patients was carried out at the Kenyatta
,
National Hospital. Mean age for these patients was 45.2 year so
All the patients were in normal sinus rhythm. Forty seven
percent of the patients , had bradycardia, although this could
be attributed to the drugs the patients were taking. The
P wave duration' increased with the severity of hypertension.
Twenty five percent of the patients had evidence of first
degree A-V block. This was expected as most of the patients
were taking B-adrenergic receptor blocking durgs for their
hypertension. Two patients had LBBB and none had RBBB.
There were 13 patient~. with evidence of left axis deviation
(LAD) and the incidence ihcreased with the severity of
hypertension. S-T, T changes were noted in 12.8% and 29% of
patients respectively. Q-Tc duration did not increase with
severity of hypertension. U w,ave incidence was 35.3% in
this study. Left Ventricular hypertrophy was noted in
27.5% of the patients using the criteria devised by
Romhilt et al (34)0 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Electrocardiographic (ECG) changes in systemic hypertension in patients attending Kenyatta national hospital, Nairobi, Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | Faculty of Medicine (M.Med.) | en |
