Changes in origin of acute chest pain in a sub-Saharan African setting

Mark Tettey; Frank Edwin; Alfred Doku; Tom Ndanu; Kow Entsua-Mensah; Innocent Adzamli

doi:10.1177/00494755211022947

Changes in origin of acute chest pain in a sub-Saharan African setting

Trop Doct. 2022 Apr;52(2):280-284. doi: 10.1177/00494755211022947. Epub 2022 Feb 23.

Authors

Mark Tettey^{1

2}, Frank Edwin^{2

3}, Alfred Doku^{1

2}, Tom Ndanu¹, Kow Entsua-Mensah², Innocent Adzamli²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
² National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
³ School of Medical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.

PMID: 35195019
DOI: 10.1177/00494755211022947

Abstract

Our aim was to demonstrate a shifting epidemiology of acute chest pain in Ghana. Efforts to increase physician awareness and best practices are urgently required. Patients presenting with acute chest pain to the two leading tertiary care centres in Accra were investigated.

Keywords: Chest pain; acute coronary syndrome.

MeSH terms

Chest Pain* / diagnosis
Chest Pain* / epidemiology
Chest Pain* / etiology
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Ghana / epidemiology
Humans