Study of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Stenosis using Echo Cardiography

Abstract

This research amied to know the importance of echocardiography in rheumatic mitral value stenosis total 50 Patients with rheumatic value stenosis were. Selected from alzuytouna hospital and alshaab teaching hospital from July 2016 to January 2017. In many developed countries like Sudan rheumatic heart disease is still prevalent causing significant mortality and pre mature cardiovascular death as well as undesired burden on the health system and the common valve affected is mitral valve .ultra sound is effective toll in diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease. an echocardiography machine my lab seven in ALzuytouna hospital and my lab fifty in alshaab teaching hospital with (phased array 4 MHZ) with ultra sound imaging system with 2 dimension and m.mode capabilities was used and A data collation sheet was used to collect the data and to number the patients . At the end the study mild stenos is was found in 7(14%) patients , moderate stenosis in 18(36%) patients and severe stenos is in 25(50%) patients results of this study reveals that females were more affected by rheumatic mitral valve stenosis as compare to male patients . Also reveals mean pressure gradient and pressure half time was increased when the mitral valve area decreased and pressure half time increased when mean pressure gradient increased.