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cardiovascular diseases cvd represent significant global health problem account nearly one third deaths worldwide improvements diagnostic modalities prevalence subsaharan africa ssa rising disease pattens vary different regions communities pattern setting known echocardiography noninvasive diagnostic tool essential structural hemodynamic assessment heart stands far front comprehensive evaluation heart relative low cost wide availability aim study assess pattern cvds among patients echocardiography done teaching hospital addis ababa ethiopia retrospective review 1500 echocardiograms patients referred echocardiography laboratory st paul hospital millennium medical college sphmmc cardiac evaluation january 1 2018 june 30 2019 performed subjects standard transthoracic echocardiography performed cardiologists using general electric vivid e9 e95 machines demographic parameters echocardiographic findings collected using structured checklist echocardiography register descriptive statistics used assess echocardiographic findings mean age subjects 482 sd 182 ranged 14 100 years age males females nearly equally distributed males accounting 483 779 subjects abnormal echocardiographic report 332 221 normal study diastolic dysfunction dd 334 valvular heart disease 184 left ventricular hypertrophy lvh 137 common findings hospital among patients dd grade 1 dysfunction accounted majority 798 41 associated lvh pulmonary hypertension ph cardiomyopathy ischemic heart disease also uncommon abnormal echocardiographic findings common patients referred hospital transthoracic echo commonest echocardiographic abnormalities dd valvular heart disease rheumatic calcific valves lvh