The frequency of severity (mild,moderate or severe) of mitral valve stenosis diagnosed on 2D echocardiography

Aim: to determine the frequency of severity (mild,moderate and severe) of mitral stenosis by using twodimensional (2d) doppler echocardiography. methods: in this cross sectional study total 379 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria was enrolled from outpatient department of cardiology,bahawal victoria hospital bahawalpur from july 2013 to january 2014. patients with diagnosis of mitral stenosis,both male and female,age between 2050 years and patients with duration of symptoms of 112 months were included in this study. the severity (mild,moderate,severe) of the mitral stenosis was labeled as per findings of 2 d echocardiography (gold standard). results: total 379 patients were included in this study according to inclusion criteria. mean age of the patients was 35.5±8.63,mean duration of symptoms was 6.33±3.51. male patients were 131(35%) and female patients were 248(65%). among the patients of mitral valve stenosis,mild stenosis was found in 65(17%),moderate in 129(34%) and sever stenosis was found in 185(49%) patients. conclusion: mitral valve stenosis is the most common findings in valvular heart diseases in hospital for echocardiography. among which severe mitral valve stenosis is most of the time in younger ages females.