PP.13.20

Abstract

Objective: Valvular heart disease's etiologies has markedly changed over the last decades. Rheumatic fever, very common cause of this affection in the first half of the last century, has almost disappeared in industrialized countries and in regression in emergent countries. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of atherosclerosis risk factors in women who underwent surgery for severe valvular heart disease. Design and method: A total of 114 women underwent single left-sided valvular heart surgery between 2008 and 2014 were included in the study .The patients were divided into four groups: patients with severe mitral stenosis (MS), patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR), patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR), and patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). We evaluate the prevalence of significant coronary artery disease and risk factors for atherosclerosis (Age, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia) in the general population than in each group. Results: Table: Prevalence of atherosclerosis risk factorsConclusions: The differentiating features of valvular heart diseases in women have not been very widely studied but the prevalence rates reported in the present study are similar to those reported in literature. The atherosclerosis plays a role in the etiology of valvular heart disease as it already does in of coronary artery disease.