FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT VALVULAR LESIONS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

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%).conclusion: 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.