Author(s)

Ichaka Menta¹, Souleymane Coulibaly², Hamidou Oumar Ba¹, Djénébou Traore³, Mougnon Walbane¹, Youssouf Camara⁴, Ibrahima Sangare¹, Illo Bela Diall², Samba Sidibé², Noumou Sidibé¹, Mamadou Diakité², Coumba Thiam⁴, Kassoum Sanogo¹

¹Cardiology Department, Gabriel Touré Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
²CHU Point G Cardiology Department, Bamako, Mali.
³Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Mali Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Kati Hospital Center Cardiology Service, Bamako, Mali.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and Para clinical characteristics in patients hospitalized for pulmonary embolism in the cardiology department of Gabriel Toure University Hospital. Methodology: It was a retrospective and descriptive study from January 2011 to December 2014 and involved all patients hospitalized during the study period. Results: The study included 21 patients out of 1738 hospitalized patients, with a prevalence of 1.21%. The mean age was 38.57 years with extreme ages of 18 and 64 years. The sex ratio was 0.40. Risk factors found in the study were oral contraception (19.05%), overweight (19.05%), smoking (14.28%), HIV (4.76%) and heart failure (4, 76%). 61.90% (n = 13) had isolated pulmonary embolism, 38.09% (n = 8) had venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism association. Through the chest angio-CT, 28.57% of obstructions were located at the left branch of the pulmonary artery, 9.52% at the right branch and 61.90% were bilateral obstructions. Four deaths were recorded, all in a context of massive pulmonary embolism, with a fatality rate of 19.05%. Conclusion: Pulmonary embolism is a serious and common disease, often difficult to diagnose. It is a cardiovascular emergency and requires immediate and adequate care.

Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiology, Gabriel Toure Hospital

Menta, I. , Coulibaly, S. , Ba, H. , Traore, D. , Walbane, M. , Camara, Y. , Sangare, I. , Diall, I. , Sidibé, S. , Sidibé, N. , Diakité, M. , Thiam, C. and Sanogo, K. (2018) Pulmonary Embolism in Hospitalization in the Department of Cardiology of Gabriel Toure University Hospital. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 8, 18-23. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2018.81003.