A fresh alarm has been raised about the rise of a type of heart disease known as the hypertensive heart disease in hospitals across the federation. But he said, “The greatest challenge of the heart in Nigeria at this time is the complication arising from hypertension known as hypertensive heart disease. “Over 50 per cent of people who suffer heart failure die after six months of initial diagnosis. This is why most patients who already have symptoms and signs of heart failure are in the late stage”. Defining heart failure as a breakdown of the heart due to overwhelming burden, Professor Amam Mbakwem, a consultant cardiologist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) reeled out the risk factors of heart disease.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 05, 2018 12:09 UTC