C MVE MVONDO, M  PUGLIESE, C TANTCHOU TCHOUMI, A GIAMBERTI,  E DAILOR.

Adresse pour correspondence: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Shisong Cardiac Center, Kumbo, Cameroon                                                                 Corresponding author : Charles Mve Mvondo ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Objectives: The management of patients with mechanical valves is still a major concern in populations with limited medical facilities for the increased risk of prosthetic valves related complications. We report our experience with mechanical valve replacement over a 6-year period.

MEOTO PN¹; ASHUNTANTANG G^1,2; A. MENANGA^1,2; A. NONO A²; NSOUNFON A¹; I;  KINGUE S¹²

1. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; University of Yaounde Ι

 2.Yaounde General Hospital, Cameroon

Introduction: Optimal blood pressure control slows progression of chronic kidney disease. We sought to determine the agreement between blood pressure control evaluated by home and ambulatory blood pressure measurements in patients with non-dialyzed chronic kidney disease (CKD).

W NGATCHOU¹, D LEMOGOUM¹, C MÉLOT , MSCIBIOSTAT², V  GUIMFACQ MD⁴, P  VAN DE BORNE¹, M HERMANS³, M  LEEMAN¹.

¹ Hypertension Clinic. Department of Cardiology. Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

² Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

³ Department of Diabetology, Saint Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

⁴ Department of Cardiology, Ixelles Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Corresponding author: William Ngatchou, MD

Department of Cardiology

ULB-Erasme Hospital. Brussels (Belgium)

Phone: +32-2-555.39.07.

Fax: +32-2-555.67.13

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Background: Pygmies living in Central African rainforest with a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle have a low incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Because of progressive loss of their traditional homeland, some Pygmies have migrated to urban areas and adopt some of the Bantu habits such as increased salt consumption and settled way of life. Our hypothesis was that migrant Pygmies present with hemodynamic and metabolic characteristics different from those of traditional Pygmies and possibly closer to those of Bantu farmers.

A THIAM, LE BENON/KABORE, HN TSAGUE KENGNI, H ADOKO, BAB, BASSOLETH, GRC MILLOGO, J KOLOGO, NV YAMEOGO, LJ KAGAMBEGA, AK SAMADOULOUGOU, P ZABSONRE.

Adresse pour correspondance : Centre hospitalier Yalgado Ouedraogo de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Objectifs : L’hypertension artérielle (HTA) est un facteur de risque cardiovasculaire majeur. La mesure ambulatoire de la pression artérielle (MAPA) en est un outil d’évaluation précieux. L’objectif de ce travail a été d’évaluer l’apport de la MAPA dans la prise du patient hypertendu en consultation externe de cardiologie.