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Echocardiographic confirmation rate of clinical diagnoses
| Clinical diagnoses | Requests | Confirmed by echocardiography (n) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic hypertension | 1311 | 1494 | 114 |
| Congestive cardiac failure | 347 | 401 | 116 |
| Rheumatic heart disease | 42 | 78 | 186 |
| Congenital heart disease | 68 | 54 | 79 |
| Cardiomyopathy | 46 | 42 | 91 |
| Pericardial disease | 29 | 28 | 97 |
| Thyrotoxic heart (or thyrocardiac) disease | 30 | 14 | 47 |
| Valvular heart disease | 11 | 12 | 109 |
| Infective endocarditis | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 31 | 2 | 6.5 |
