Variable

Frequency (N =)

Percentage (%)

Hypertension

189

49.1

Diabetes

59

15.3

Hypercholesteremia

35

9.1

Pneumonia

35

9.1

Rheumatic heart disease

13

3.4

Infective endocarditis

11

2.9

Asthma/COPD

34

8.8

LVD

20

5.2

AF

10

2.6

Congenital heart disease

20

5.2

Alcoholism

4

1.0

Anaemia

25

6.5

AZT-induced anaemia

12

3.1

Cardiomyopathy

31

8.1

HIV-induced CM

25

6.5

Post-partum CM

22

5.7

Thyrotoxicosis

6

1.6

Pericarditis

15

3.9

Renal Failure

40

10.4