%0 Journal Article
%T [Characteristics of acute coronary syndromes in Sub-Saharan African women].
%A Mboup MC
%A Mingou J
%A Ba DM
%A Dia K
%A Fall PD
%J Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
%V 68
%N 2
%D Apr 2019
%M 30314668
暂无%R 10.1016/j.ancard.2018.09.009
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Acute coronary syndromes have been rarely studied in the female population in Sub-Saharan Africa. This Sub-Saharan serie has shown an increase in the prevalence of acute coronary syndromes among the female population, compared to previous studies. Through this retrospective study, we evaluated the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features of acute coronary syndromes on women at the Principal Hospital of Dakar.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>This was a retrospective study of patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome over a period of 5 years from January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2014, at the Cardiology Department of the Principal Hospital of Dakar.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The prevalence of diabetes and obesity was statistically higher for women than for men. Atypical symptomatology was much more apparent (P=0.0000), admission times at the emergency department for acute coronary syndromes were relatively longer (=0.005). Therapeutically, medical care was almost identical regardless of gender.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>In Senegal, acute coronary syndrome in women is characterized by the atypical symptomatology with delayed diagnosis and management. The fight against this reputedly masculine pathology requires a good awareness campaign.