Experts Raise Alarm Over Increasing Hypertensive Heart Disease
Cardiologists have raised new alarm concerning the increase of a certain kind of heart disease known as the hypertensive heart disease in hospitals across the federation.
An estimate of 5 in 8 brought-in patients who reported incidents of hypertension are said to be at risk of a late stage of cardiac shutdown.
A group of top cardiologists from major University Teaching Hospitals in the country, under the umbrella of the Heart Failure Technical Board (HFTB), expressed the worry at a recent media briefing held in Lagos, revealing that heart disease has become a major cause of death in the nation’s hospitals in recent times.