Rheumatic heart diseases
Professional Medical Journal-Quarterly [The]. 2009; 16 (1): 100-104
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ABSTRACT
To determine the frequency of rheumatic heart diseases in a hospital based study in Peshawar. A cross sectional observational. Cardiology department, Lady-Reading Hospital Peshawar. From July 2005 to July 2006. Relevant in formations were recorded from patients and treatment chart of the patients, on a questionnaire designed in accordance with the objectives of the study. A total of 88 patients with established diagnosis of rheumatic hear diseases [RHD] were randomly selected. Out of total 70.45% were females and 29.54% males, with males to females ratio of 12.38. The age range of the patients was from 8 years to 64 years with mean age of 47 years. The mode of age was 35 years. The frequency of rheumatic heart diseases was Mitral Stenosis 13.63%, Mitral Regurgitation 60.22%, Mitral Stenosis /Mitral Regurgitation 21.59%, Aortic Stenosis/Aortic Regurgitation 2.27%, Aortic Stenosis 1.13% and Tricuspid Valve Stenosis 1.13%. We observed that RHD were more common in lower social class people [42.04%] with income less than 5000/month. In our setup RHD are more common in female gender and especially in the younger age. Mitral Stenosis was recorded as major type of RHD in our patients
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Indice:
Méditerranée orientale
Sujet Principal:
Facteurs sexuels
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Études transversales
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Enquêtes et questionnaires
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Facteurs âges
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Sténose mitrale
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Professional Med. J.-Q
Année:
2009
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