Pattern of pericardial diseases in African-based populations
| First name of author | Year of publication | Period of recruitment | Country | Disease-specific population | Sample size | Forms of pericardial disease | Stage of dyspnoea | ||||||||
| Effusive pericarditis, n(%) | Constrictive pericarditis, n (%) | Effusive constrictive pericarditis, n (%) | Non-effusive pericarditis, n (%) | Myopericarditis | Pericardial tamponade | NYHA I | NYHA II | NYHA III | NYHA IV | ||||||
| Abubakar30 | 2011 | 2003–2008 | Nigeria | Pericardial disease | 68 | 33 (48.5) | 19 (27.4) | 8 (11.8) | 8 (11.8) | ||||||
| Ogah15 | 2008 | 2005–2007 | Nigeria | Pericardial disease | 26 | 8 (30.8) | 4 (15.4) | 13 (50) | |||||||
| Sidibe16 | 2007 | 2005–2006 | Mali | HIV patients with pericardial disease | 49 | 27 (55.1) | 13 (26.5) | 9 (18.4) | 10 (20.4) | ||||||
| Maiga31 | 2005 | 1994–2004 | Mali | Acute pericarditis | 76 | 1 (1.3) | 5 (6.6) | 21 (27.6) | 43 (56.6) | ||||||
| Mayosi32 | 2006 | 2004 | Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe | Tuberculous pericarditis | 185 | 147 (79.5) | 3 (1.6) | 28 (15.1) | 7 (3.8) | 24 (13) | 38 (20.5) | 39 (21.1) | 69 (37.3) | 46 (24.9) | 30 (16.2) |
| Yangni-Angate38 | 2016 | 1977–2012 | Ivory Coast | Constrictive pericarditis | 120 | 0 (0) | 63 (52.5) | 54 (45) | 3 (2.5) | ||||||
| Syed34 | 2013 | 2006–2008 | South Africa | Tuberculous pericarditis | 81 | 43 (53.1) | |||||||||
NYHA, New York Heart Association.