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| العنوان: |
Clinical Evaluation and Investigations of Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease: An Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western India. |
| المؤلفون: |
Shastri, Minal Hemant, Mistry, Heti P., Vinod, Vishakha, Rathod, Vaishnavi Mahendrasinh, Sirajwala, Abulkalam A., Patel, Nilay Shetal, Dobariya, Riya Kantibhai |
| المصدر: |
Apollo Medicine; Jun2024, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p101-106, 6p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
WARFARIN, ATRIAL fibrillation treatment, ATRIAL fibrillation risk factors, RISK assessment, CROSS-sectional method, MITRAL stenosis, JUGULAR vein, HEART murmurs, VENOUS pressure, ASCITES, BUNDLE-branch block, CHEST pain, LOW-molecular-weight heparin, THERAPEUTIC embolization, SCIENTIFIC observation, EDEMA, JAUNDICE, PULMONARY artery, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT effectiveness, TERTIARY care, HOSPITALS, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, AMIODARONE, HEART failure, MITRAL valve diseases, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, MITRAL valve insufficiency, LEFT ventricular hypertrophy, ENOXAPARIN, ATRIAL fibrillation, RIGHT ventricular hypertrophy, DIGOXIN, STROKE, PULSE (Heart beat), BLOOD pressure, COUGH, HEMOPTYSIS, DEVELOPING countries, RHEUMATIC heart disease, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DISEASE incidence, DISEASE risk factors, DISEASE complications, PREGNANCY |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
INDIA |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained supraventricular arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Due to the higher prevalence of rheumatic fever in several regions of India, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common etiological factor of AF. Aims and Objectives: The objective of the study was to study clinical features, electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic (ECHO) findings, complications, and incidence of AF in rheumatic mitral valve disease (R-MVD). Methods: It is an observational cross-sectional study of 40 indoor patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat, carried over a period of a year. Clinical data including symptoms, signs, systemic examination, and relevant investigations were studied. Results: 67.5% (n = 27) of patients having AF were below the age of 50 years with higher incidence among females (72.50%) as compared to males (27.5%). Fifteen (37.5%) had mitral stenosis (MS) and 13 (32.5%) had MS with regurgitation. Most of the patients 35 (87.5%) presented with breathlessness, followed by palpitation 28 (70%). The most commonly heard murmur was mid-diastolic (65%, n = 26), followed by pansystolic murmur (40%, n = 16) at the apex. Out of 40 patients, 15 (37.5%) had evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy on ECG, whereas only 5 (12.5%) had right ventricular hypertrophy. Four out of five patients with the evidence of cardioembolic stroke had left atrium (LA) size >45 mm which suggests an increased risk of embolic stroke with increased LA size. Only 3 (7.5%) patients had a visible LA clot in LA on two-dimensional ECHO, whereas only one patient had vegetation on valves. Twenty-seven out of 30 patients treated with diltiazem show good response. Heart failure was the most common complication affecting 85% (n = 34) of the patients with AF with R-MVD. Four (10%) patients out of 40 expired including 1 (25%) of the four pregnant patients, suggesting higher mortality among pregnant females due to superimposed physiological changes occurring during pregnancy. Conclusion: In developing countries like India, RHD is a major cause of AF affecting the younger population and more commonly females. Most of the patients in our study presented with breathlessness and palpitation. LA size was directly proportional to the risk of cardioembolic stroke and most of the patients developed heart failure as a complication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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