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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic characteristics for patients with chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease (n = 365)

From: Rheumatic mitral stenosis in Children: more accelerated course in sub-Saharan Patients

Variables

Frequency (percentage)

Gender (females)

212 (58.1)

Age at diagnosis (years):

 
 

≤ 5

24 (6.6)

 

6–10

170 (46.6)

 

11-15

171 (46.8)

Residence (urban or semi-urban):

178 (48.8)

Mitral valve disease

359 (98.4)

   Pure mitral stenosis (all grades)

35 (10.0)

   Mitral stenosis with regurgitation (all grades)

91 (24.9)

   Mitral regurgitation, no stenosis (all grades)

233 (63.8)

Multi-valvular involvement (mitral valve disease included):

 

   Aortic valve disease (regurgitation and/or stenosis)

257 (70.4)

   Tricuspid valve disease (regurgitation and/or stenosis)

299 (81.9)

Mean transmitral diastolic pressure gradient (n = 108):

 
 

<10 mmHg

4 (3.5)

 

10 – 20 mmHg

40 (35.7)

 

21 – 30 mmHg

61 (54.5)

 

>30 mmHg

3 (2.7)

Mitral valve score for severe mitral stenosis (n = 19)

 
 

≤8

2 (10.5)

 

>8

17 (89.5)

Functional class (New York Heart Association):

 
 

I

10 (2.7)

 

II

276 (75.6)

 

III

27 (7.4)

 

IV

52 (14.2)

On secondary prophylaxis against recurrence of rheumatic fever (at the time of referral)

272 (74.5)