Profile of patients presenting to Addis Cardiac Hospital, Addis ababa, Ethiopia, from May 2007 to December 2011

Background: Cardiovascular disease, principally, ischemic heart disease and stroke, constitute the leading cause of global mortality, accounting for 422.2 million cases of cardiovascular disease and 17.92 million deaths worldwide in 2015. In Ethiopia, no countrywide studies done on cardiovascular disease, except for some hospital-based studies and a few community based research showing the problem as an important cause of morbidity and...