Sadia Nasim
, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, PakistanTitle : FREQUENCY OF CORONORY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE UNDERGOING VALVULAR SURGERY
Abstract
Rheumatic Heart Disease is one of the most commonly occurring heart diseases in
developing countries. It accounts for almost one quarter of heart failure cases in
these areas. This cross sectional study was done to determine frequency of
Coronary Artery Disease in patients of RHD undergoing valvular surgery. It is
important because it changes management strategy and outcome. 50 patients of
age 15 – 16 years were included in the study. Most of the patients that came
were between 35 and 45 years of age. 64 slice MDCT was used to exclude
coronary artery disease because of its noninvasive nature, less side effects,
relatively low cost and high sensitivity and negative predictive value. Concomitant
coronary artery disease in patients of RHD varies in different parts of the world.
Much data is not available in this regard. However, it came out to be 18% in our
study population
Biography
Dr. Sadia Nasim completed her post-graduation (FCPS Cardiology) in 2015, at the
age of 32 years from college of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. She is serving as
Senior Registrar Cardiology at Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Pakistan. She is a
keen research worker. Few of her studies have published and many are under
process