Asadullah Zerak¹, Mohammad Sami Hayat ², Ihsanullah Darmal³ and Ahmad Khan*¹

¹Kandahar University, Afghanistan
²Associate Professor Kandahar University, Afghanistan
³Cardiologist, Kandahar University, Afghanistan

*Corresponding Author: Ahmad Khan, Kandahar University, Afghanistan.

Received: January 30, 2023; Published: February 13, 2023

Abstract

Heart failure is a global problem that is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures worldwide. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of heart failure and the frequency of its different risk factors among heart failure patients in Mirwais Regional Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. This study is a hospital-based cross-sectional study, and data is collected from heart failure patient populations by a standard questionnaire. A total of  1623 patients were admitted to the internal medicine ward of Mirwais Regional Hospital during the study period, and 114 patients had heart failure. Hence, its prevalence is 7%. Of these 114 patients, 50.1% were male, the remaining 49.9% were female. Research is limited on the incidence of heart failure in Afghanistan. It is essential to conduct region-centric research on the prevalence of heart failure to make evidence-based strategies to decrease the burden of heart failure in the country.

Keywords: Heart failure; Low Income Countries; Heart Failure Risk Factors

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Citation: Ahmad Khan., et al. “Prevalence of Heart Failure and Frequency of its Risk Factors Among Heart Failure Patients: A Study in the Internal Medicine Ward of Mirwais Regional Hospital". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 7.3 (2023): 17-22.

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