Mouhamadounazirou Dodo-Siddo
Service of Cardiology, Hospital Aristide Le Dantec Dakar,
Senegal
Research Article
Importance of Electrocardiogram for Detection of Preclinical Abnormalities in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis without Cardiovascular Events
Author(s): Mouhamadounazirou Dodo-Siddo, Simon Antoine Sarr, Mouhamadoubamba Ndiaye, Malick Bodian, Souhaibou Ndongo, Adama Kane, Alassane Mbaye, Maboury Diao, Moustapha Sarr, Abdoul Kane, serigneabdou BA and Thérèse Moreira DiopMouhamadounazirou Dodo-Siddo, Simon Antoine Sarr, Mouhamadoubamba Ndiaye, Malick Bodian, Souhaibou Ndongo, Adama Kane, Alassane Mbaye, Maboury Diao, Moustapha Sarr, Abdoul Kane, serigneabdou BA and Thérèse Moreira Diop
Introduction: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular involvement is common, may have serious consequences, and can contribute to worsening of patient’s outcome. The realization of systematic electrocardiogram can help to detect earlier cardiac abnormalities and place in a logical secondary prevention. Our purpose of this study was to investigate the electrocardiographic abnormalities in a population of Senegalese patients with rheumatoid arthritis without clinically evident cardiovascular manifestations.
Patients and methods: The study was performed as a cross-sectional study, which included prospectively 73 patients of both sexes aged at least 18 years in the internal medicine department of University Hospital Center Aristide Le Dantec in Dakar, Senegal, fulfilling the criteria for definite or classical rheumatoid arthr.. View More»
