Open AccessPattern of Valvular Involvement in Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Patients attending Referral Cardiac Center in Nepal
Author(s) -
Man Bahadur Kc,
Subodh Kansakar,
Ykd Bhatta,
Rajib Rajbhandari,
Arun Maskey,
Dr.Meenakshi Sharma,
Rabi Malla,
Yubaraj Limbu,
Shyam Raj Regmi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nepalese heart journal/nepalese heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-5464
pISSN - 2091-2978
DOI - 10.3126/njh.v3i3.26122
Subject(s) - medicine , shahid , heart disease , referral , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , cardiology , family medicine , philosophy , theology
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is very common in developing countries. It is one of the commonest cardiac problems in Nepal. It is more common in rural areas than in the cities. We performed a retrospective study of RHD patients attending and undergoing echocardiography in Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre (SGNHC) from January 2002 to December 2002. There were a total of 1843 RHD patients among which 787 (42.8%) were males and 1056 (57.2%) were females.