Authors : Hussein Togun, Munaf Ahmed, Lina Rabee and Farah Adel
Abstract: The problems in the aortic and Mitral Valves (MV) are represented most often heart diseases. Heart valve replacement for patients aged from 10-80 years at Al-Nasiriya Heart Center studied in this study. The 87 cases, reporting predication of patients who underwent surgery for heart valve, information on the patients, heart valve diseases, causes valve diseases, valve diseases diagnosed, valve diseases treated and types of valve replacement. The results adopted 87 cases, mitral valve was the most valve has been replaced in 46 cases (53%) while aortic valve replaced in 27 cases (31%) and the double valve replaced in 14 cases (16%). Number of cases in 2014 was 28 (32%) in 2015 was 26 (30%) in 2016 was 8 (9%) and in 2017 was 25 (29%). The higher number of patients who underwent heart valve replacement was 27 for age between 40-50 years because at this age the valve will be more active and due to lack of attention and health care to prevent and avoid heart valve causes that will lead to damage and diseases, thus, at the end the damaged heart valve must be replaced. While the lowest number was 2 for aged between 70-80 years. The total center mortality from 2014-2017 was just two cases in 26th May. About 2014 patient underwent to MVR surgery at age about 10 years old died because of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). In 17th Feb. 2015 patient underwent to AVR surgery at age 41 years old died because of Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA).
Hussein Togun, Munaf Ahmed, Lina Rabee and Farah Adel, 2019. Evaluation Study of Heart Valve Replacement for Patients Aged from 10 to 80 Years at Al-Nasiriyah Heart Center/Iraq. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 1339-1348.