scholarly journals Pattern of Valvular Involvement in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Chandra Kafle ◽  
Vijay Madhab Alurkar ◽  
Navaraj Paudel ◽  
Girija Shankar Jha
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

Background and Amis: Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is among the commonest diseases of young adults in low-income countries like Nepal. Mitral and aortic valves are more commonly affected than others in RHD. Echocardiography is simple and cost effective tool to identify the patterns of valvular involvement that helps in diagnosis and determines the timing of surgery. This study aimed at determining the pattern of RHD in patients who underwent Echocardiography in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal.Methods: A retrospective analysis of trans-thoracic echocardiographic record of patients from January 2009 to December 2015 was done. Data were collected in a pre-structured proforma and analyzed.Results: Among 12567 echocardiography, 609 (4.84%) were recorded to have RHD including post valve replacement patients. Females predominated with male to female ratio of 1:2.8. Most patients, 308 (50%) belonged to age group of 21-40 years. The commonest isolated lesion was mitral regurgitation (MR) in 119 (26.21%) patients followed by mitral stenosis (MS) in 31(6.82%) patients. The commonest mixed lesion was MS with MR and aortic regurgitation (AR) seen in 99 (21.8%). The frequency of atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke was 18% and 3% respectively in RHD patientsConclusions: The proportion of RHD was high in our study. Majority of RHD patients were females of reproductive age group. The commonest lesion was MR followed by mixed valvular lesions.Nepalese Heart Journal 2016; 13(2): 29-31

scholarly journals Prevalence and Pattern of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Reproductive Age Group Female

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Manoj Shrestha ◽  
Prakash Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Reproductive Age Group ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

INTRODUCTION Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major public health problem in developing countries. In low income countries RHD accounts for approximately 90% of all cardiovascular disease among pregnant women. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and pattern of RHD among reproductive age group women presenting to a tertiary care teaching hospital in Central Nepal. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective observational study was carried out in College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal from January 2019 to December 2019 by doing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) of reproductive age group females (n=800) from 15 years to 45 years of age. The data were collected in pre-structured proforma. RESULTS Out of 800 patients, RHD was present in 46 (5.75%) patients. The incidence of RHD was found to be highest in the age group of 30-35 years 13 (28.3%) and the mean age of presentation was 29.24 years. Mitral valve was the most common valve involvement and mitral regurgitation 37 (80.4%) was the most common valvular dysfunction present in patients with RHD. CONCLUSION The prevalence of RHD among reproductive age group female is high and mitral valve is the most commonly affected valve.

scholarly journals Study of prevalence of heart disease in antenatal mothers along with fetal and maternal outcome from a tertiary care hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subha Sivagami Sengodan ◽  
Shobhika Selvaraj
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Neonatal Outcome ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Maternal Outcome ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

Background: Incidence of pregnancy in women with heart disease is increasing due to the increasing number of women with congenital heart disease. Although most cardiac conditions are well tolerated during pregnancy, there are some conditions that have adverse fetal and maternal outcome. Objective of this study is to study the prevalence of heart disease in antenatal mothers and fetal outcome with obstetric management.Methods: This is a prospective observational study carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital during January 2018 to March 2019 for a period of fifteen months. Authors included 149 antenatal mothers with heart disease and analysed the data using percentage analysis through excel software.Results: Incidence of heart disease in pregnancy was observed to be 1.2%. Rheumatic heart disease being 73.8%, congenital being 22.8% and complete heart block was 3.4%. Among rheumatic heart disease mitral stenosis was the most common lesion. Atrial septal defect was the most common congenital heart disease. The mean gestational age of delivery was 37 to 38 weeks. 58% delivered by vaginal route. Most common neonatal complication was prematurity. Pregnancy and neonatal outcome were favorable.Conclusions: Heart disease complicating pregnancy has increased due to late marriage, obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Early referral, regular follow-up and multi-disciplinary approach with tertiary care back-up will bring a favorable maternal and neonatal outcome in patients with heart disease.

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