A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE ASSOCIATION OF MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS SERIOUSNESS WITH RESPECT TO GENDER AND AGE
| Main Author: | Dr. Anood Ijaz, Dr. Hassaan Afzal, Dr. Khadija Nusrat |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1976827 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective: The objective of the research was to find out the relation of the seriousness of mitral valve stenosis with age as well as gender. Material and Methods: The design of the research was cross-sectional which was completed at the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad from March to November 2017. The number of mitral valve stenosis patients selected for research are two-hundred and fifty. Researcher evaluated the seriousness of mitral valve stenosis with age as well as gender. Results: The average age of the enrolled patients for research was 38.77 ± 10.33 years. Researcher diagnosis mild stenosis in forty (sixteen percent) patients along with eighty-eight patients (thirty-three percent) of moderate stenosis and one-hundred and twenty-two (forty-nine percent) serious stenosis patients. The researcher also identified important relation of gender and age with the seriousness of stenosis. Conclusion: Finding of the research declared that huge patients are diagnosed with the most serious mitral valve stenosis. Moreover, stenosis was most frequent in young age category with respect to old age category as well as the seriousness of stenosis expressively related with patient age. With respect to men, women largely become a victim of mitral valve stenosis and expressive relation was identified in the seriousness of stenosis and gender. Keywords: Mitral Valve Area (MVA), Mitral Stenosis (MS).