Mitral Valve Disease In Children Delow Five Years Of Age:

Ibrahim Abdel Monsif Hassan

This study was carried out on 40 paients had mitral valve disease. Teir ages ranged from 2 months to 5 years. They were 22 females and 18 male. All patients were chosen from the cardiology clinical of the new pediatric hospital, cairo university in a period of six months.Te patients were divied into two main group :1-congenital mitral valve disease group.2-Acquired rheumatic valve disease group.All patients studied were subjected to general and local clinical examination for diagnosis and evaluation of the type and extet of the mitral valve disrase.Some laboratory investigations as E.S.R, ASOT and CRP were done to confirum the rheumatic cause of mitral valve disease I suspected patients. Egg and chest radiography were carried out for all patients to confirm the diagnosis.combined M-mode, two dimensional and Doppler echocardiography were also performed to identify the mitral valve lesion and other associated cardiac defects.Congenital mitral valve disease group included 30 patients 75%, 16 females and 14 males and their agesranged from 2 month to 5 years. Congenital mitral regurgitation was diagnosed in 10 patients 25%, 6 males and 4 females and their age ranged from 2 months to 5 years.