FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT VALVULAR LESIONS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

• Published in: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 128
• Main Authors: Rehman, Javaid Ur, Marwat, Zahid Irfan, Ahmad, Zahoor, Shah, Islam, Khattak, Asifullah, Falah, Sheikh Fahad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pakistan 01-01-2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heart Valve Diseases - epidemiology; Heart Valve Diseases - etiology; Humans; Male; Pakistan - epidemiology; Prevalence; Rheumatic Heart Disease - complications; Rheumatic Heart Disease - epidemiology; Tertiary Care Centers - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; Pakistan
• ISSN: 1025-9589

Rheumatic Hearth Disease (RHD) is still prevalent in our country and a great source of morbidity. This study was done with an objective to determine relative frequency of different valvular lesions of RHD presenting in a tertiary care hospital.
This cross sectional study was conducted at the Cardiology Department of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. A total of 171 cases of RHD were included through consecutive sampling technique.
There were 64.33% females. Mean age was 25.6 +/- 6.95 years ranging from 15 to 40 years. The different percentage of valvular lesions in RHD were MR (59.06%), MS (46.78%), AR (43.85%) and mixed lesions (38.59%).
Rheumatic heart disease is a very common disease in our community and mitral regurgitation is a predominant lesion at presentation Females are usually affected more than males.