PATTERN OF VALVULAR LESIONS IN RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN A TERTIARY CARE INSTITUTE, TAMILNADU
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 50
Abstract
BACKGROUND Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major contributor to morbidity and premature death in poor and developing countries like India. RHD predominantly affects young and working age group. Objective- To evaluate relative frequency of the various cardiac valvular lesions in Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in patients who underwent Echocardiogram in the Department of Cardiology, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective descriptive study was conducted at Cardiology Department based on transthoracic two dimensional echocardiogram reports, diagnosed as RHD (Rheumatic heart disease) from January 2016 to December 2016. The reports were retrieved from computerised database and demographic features like age, sex, type of valvular lesion were analysed. RESULTS Out of 17,625 patients who underwent echocardiogram in the Department of Cardiology, 428 patients (2.4 %) were diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease. The commonly affected age group was 21 to 40 years. The distribution being 120 males (28%), 288 females (67.2%) and 20 children (4.6%). Mitral Regurgitation was the predominant valvular lesion affecting 328 (76.6%) patients with female preponderance of 239 (72.8%) patients. The second most common valvular lesion was Mitral Stenosis. It was diagnosed in 287 patients constituting 67.05%. The incidence was most common in females (205 cases, 71%) when compared to males (82 cases 29%). Of those 287 patients, 139 (48.4%) patients had severe MS and 92 (32.0%) had moderate MS. Aortic Regurgitation (AR) was present in 126 (29.4%) patients and almost always (99 %) in combination. Mixed valvular lesions (MS with MR) were present in 117 (27.3%) of patients. The least common lesion was Aortic stenosis (AS) noted in 24 (5.6%) patients. Out of 118 patients with multivalvular lesions, MS with MR with AR were found in 65 (55.08%) patients. CONCLUSION The most common valvular lesion reported in our study was multivalvular lesion. The predominant pure lesion was Mitral regurgitation followed by Mitral stenosis, Aortic regurgitation and MS with MR.
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Perumal Jaisankar, Gopalakrishnan Senthilkumar
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