Table 2. Clinical Presentation And Complications.
Complication | Total n (%) | Males n (%) | Females n (%) |
Total cases | 309 (100) | 113 (36.6) | 196 (63.5) |
Symptoms | |||
Palpitations | 263 (85.1) | 117 (44.4) | 146 (56.6) |
Fatigue | 261 (84.5) | 138 (52.8) | 123 (47.2) |
Chest pain | 138 (44.7) | 59 (42.7) | 79 (57.3) |
Oedema | 112 (36.2) | 36 (32.1) | 76 (67.9) |
Syncope | 20 (6.4) | 13 (65) | 7 (35) |
Complications | |||
Congestive heart failure | 145 (46.9) | 56 (49.5) | 89 (45.4) |
Acute rheumatic fever | 35 (11.4) | 16 (14.3) | 19 (9.7) |
Stroke | 4 (1.3) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (1.5) |
Clinically symptomatic peripheral embolism | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Major bleeding | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Infective endocarditis | 14 (4.5) | 7 (6.2) | 7 (3.6) |
Atrial fibrillation | 43 (13.9) | 16 (14.2) | 27 (13.8) |
Pulmonary hypertension | 98 (32.7) | 37 (32.7) | 61 (31.1) |