Infective endocarditis: a long term experience

Infective endocarditis is common in our experience and remains unchecked as far as prevention is concerned. The mortality is significant and is due to greater incidence of gram negative organisms in both surgical and non surgical patients. Similar to other preventable general infections, infective endocarditis shall continue to pose a serious challenge to the survival of cardiac patients for the near future

Rheumatic fever and carditis at the National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases: a follow-up study

Two hundred and forty nine children with rheumatic heart disease were seen at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases [NICVD] during 1980 - Oct. 1985. Seventy Seven percent patients came from Kachi abadis of Karachi. Fifty four per cent had rheumatic fever with carditis, 38% acute reheumatic fever and 8% chronic rheumatic carditis. Mitral regurgitation was more frequently seen in the first two and mitral stenosis in the third group. Mortality was 6.8%

Incidence of heart disease in children at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

Of 2824 children seen at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases [N.I.C.V.D.], 2020 [71.6%] had congential heart disease. Incidence of symptomatic and cyanotic congential cardiac lesions was higher than expected and asymptomatic, acyanotic lesions like semilunar valve stenosis, small V.S.D. and coarctation of aorta was less than expected and is mainly due to referral pattern of community physicians who are biased toward referral of symptomatic patients