Author(s)

Sidibé Samba¹, Konaté Massama², Thiam Coumba Adiaratou³, Coulibaly Souleymane¹, Somnoma Jean-Baptiste Tougouma⁴, Dagnoko Mariam¹, Sacko Abdoul Karim¹, Sako Mariam¹, Mariko Souleymane⁵, Diakite Mamadou¹, Menta Ichaka⁶, Diallo Boubakar¹

¹Cardiology Department, Point “G” Hospital University Center, Bamako, Mali.
²Cardiology Department, Hospital Mali, Bamako, Mali.
³Cardiology Department, Hospital Kati, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Nazi Boni de Bobo Dioulasso University, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
⁵Cardiology Department, Hospital Tombouctou, Tombouctou, Mali.
⁶Cardiology Department, Gabriel TOURE Hospital University Center, Bamako, Mali.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the prognostic factors associated with aortic dissection with the cardiology intensive care unit of the Point “G” Hospital University Center. Methodology: This was a descriptive transversal study from January 2010 to February 2017 that included all inpatients during this period. Results: Of 6912 patients admitted, 23 patients were admitted for an aortic dissection, a frequency of 0.33%. Of these, (6) six were under age 50 (26.1%) and the majority age group was 50 - 69 years old. Cardiovascular risk factors were high blood pressure, smoking, and diabetes with 73.9%, 60% and 13% of cases, respectively. At the clinic, chest pain and dyspnea were the main symptoms with respectively 65.2% and 52.2% and with 56.5% asphygmy was associated with pain. Para-clinically, renal failure and anemia were the major laboratory abnormalities found with respectively 43.75% and 31.25% of cases. Doppler echocardiography revealed lesions associated with aortic dissection. In the thoracic angioscan, the aortic dissection was type A (43.5%) and 56.5% type B. The co-morbidities, the associated lesions and the hemodynamic state of the patient indicate the degree of urgency. The treatment was medical. The evolution was full of complications with 52.2% of deaths including 7 (seven) type A patients. Intra-hospital death was 26.1%. Other complications were heart failure (47.8%), the renal failure (43.75%) and an aortic aneurysm (34.8%). Conclusion: Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical and surgical emergency.

Aortic Dissection, Pronostics, Bamako

Samba, S. , Massama, K. , Adiaratou, T. , Souleymane, C. , Tougouma, S. , Mariam, D. , Karim, S. , Mariam, S. , Souleymane, M. , Mamadou, D. , Ichaka, M. and Boubakar, D. (2019) Prognostic Factors Associated with Aortic Dissection at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit of the Point “G” Hospital University Center, Bamako, Mali. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 9, 657-664. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2019.99059.