Rheumatic heart disease revisited
Population
1,713 patients diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at a large tertiary care hospital in eastern Nepal…
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Cohort
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Discussion
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Implication
Sex differences in RHD lesions may inform screening awareness; leaves open need for prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
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Population
1,713 patients (1,055 female, 658 male) diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at a large tertiary care hospital in eastern Nepal, with 25.7% below 20 years of age.
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Outcome
Patterns of valvular involvement assessed by transthoracic echocardiographysurrogate
In a large Nepalese cohort with rheumatic heart disease, mitral regurgitation is the most common lesion, with distinct sex differences in age of presentation and specific valvular involvement.
Cite This Study
Shrestha et al. (2012) studied this question.