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Table 5 Management

From: Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes among hospitalized heart failure patients across different regions of Egypt

 

Total population

Alexandria

Cairo

Delta

Upper Egypt

P value

Number of patients

1645

914

249

409

73

 

ACEi, %

76.4

79.6

57.4

79.2

79.3

< 0.0001

ARB, %

10.1

8.5

15.5

11.5

3.5

0.1

ACEi/ARB, %

86.5

88.1

72.9

90.7

82.2

< 0.0001

BB, %

64.0

70.1

53.7

55.4

71.4

< 0.0001

MRA, % (if indicated)

78.7

71.4

82.4

88.0

90.0

0.0002

Diuretics, %

76.6

71.2

78.0

86.0

85.7

< 0.0001

CCB, %

8.3

10.5

6.1

4.7

8.8

0.003

Nitrites, %

50.5

57.9

34.9

48.0

12.3

< 0.0001

Digitalis, %

36.1

25.5

47.9

52.2

38.6

< 0.0001

Amiodarone, %

11.3

8.3

13.0

15.8

11.3

0.0002

Ivabradine, %

7.1

3.0

10.7

12.8

15.8

< 0.0001

Statins, %

70.5

80.6

50.5

65.0

31.6

< 0.0001

Anti-platlets, %

78.5

85.6

65.4

74.5

49.1

< 0.0001

Anti-coagulants, %

32.7

23.7

39.5

49.0

29.8

< 0.0001

Cardiac devices utilization

 CRT indicated, %

14.0

17.5

8.2

11.3

1.5

< 0.0001

 CRT planned, %

2.5

1.0

2.7

3.7

1.5

0.08

 ICD indicated, %

6.6

5.2

9.1

9.3

0.0

< 0.0001

 ICD planned %

1.5

0.1

2.4

2.4

0.0

0.65

  1. ACEi angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, MRA mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, CRT cardiac resynchronization therapy, ICD intracardiac defibrillator