Study of Severity of Mitral Valve Stenosis Diagnosed on 2nd Echocardiography

Aim: To find out the frequency of severity of mitral stenosis by using Two-dimensional (2D) Doppler echocardiography. Methods: Total 250 patients with mitral valve stenosis were selected from March 2015 to September 2015 from the Department of Cardiology Nishter Hospital Multan. Results: Mean age of the patients was 37.8 +/- 9.45 and duration of symptoms was 7.55 +/- 5.67 months. Mild stenosis was found in 40(16%) patients, moderate stenosis in 88(35%) patients and severe stenosis was found in 122(49%) patients. Significant association of age and gender with severity of stenosis was found. Conclusion: Results of this study reveals that most of patients found with severe mitral valve stenosis. Stenosis was common in younger age group as compare to older age group and severity of stenosis significantly associated with age of the patients. Females were more affected by mitral valve stenosis as compare to male patients and significant association between gender and severity of the stenosis was found.