Rheumatological Findings in Candidates for Valvular Heart Surgery

Table 1

Positive medical history in the studied patients.

Positive medical history	Number	Percentage
Familial history of rheumatism	17	14.2
Joint dysfunction	55	45.8
Recurrent infection	16	13.3
Skin or mucous disease	16	13.3
Neurologic disease	23	19.2
Eye disease	13	10.8
Ear disease	11	9.2
History of chronic pulmonary disease	23	19.2
History of MI or vein thrombosis	15	12.5
Pericarditis or arrhythmia	14	11.7
Chronic gastric disease	9	7.4
Abortion	10	8.3
Renal disease	18	15
Hypothyroid	5	4.1
Diabetic mellitus	30	25