title: FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT VALVULAR LESIONS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.forename: Javaid Ur
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Zahid Irfan
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Marwat
authors.forename: Zahoor
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Islam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Asifullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khattak
authors.forename: Sheikh Fahad
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Falah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult