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Table 1 Distribution of valvular lesions

From: Echocardiographic pattern of rheumatic valvular disease in a contemporary sub-Saharan African pediatric population: an audit of a major cardiac ultrasound unit in Yaounde, Cameroon

Valvular lesions

Overall, n (%)

Boys, n (%)

Girls, n (%)

Mitral regurgitation only

32 (49.2)

16 (50)

16 (50)

Mitral stenosis only

1 (1.5)

0

1 (100 %)

Mitral regurgitation + mitral stenosis

4 (6.2)

4 (100)

0

Aortic regurgitation only

7 (10.8)

6 (85.7)

1 (14.3)

Aortic stenosis only

2 (3.1)

1 (50)

1 (50)

Aortic regurgitation + aortic stenosis

2 (3.1)

1 (50)

1 (50)

Mitral regurgitation + aortic regurgitation

23 (35.4)

6 (27.3)

16 (72.7)

Mitral regurgitation + aortic stenosis

1 (1.5)

0

1 (100)

Mitral regurgitation + mitral stenosis + aortic regurgitation

2 (3.1)

2 (3.1)

0

Mitral regurgitation + aortic regurgitation + aortic stenosis

1 (1.5)

0

1 (100 %)

Pulmonary hypertension

34 (52.3)

15 (44.1)

19 (55.9)

Overall

65 (100 %)

31 (47.7)

34 (52.3)