Common Chronic Disease Patterns in Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia & YemenDr. O. P. Kapoor
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Analysis of 3000 Arab Patients Admitted To Jaslok Hospital

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VII. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

  Total
Arabs Indians
Active rheumatic fever    
Rheumatic fever with heart involvement 2 --
Rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement 1 --
Chronic rheumatic heart disease    
Diseases of mitral valve 17 --
Diseases of mitral and aortic valve 4 --
Diseases of aortic valve 1 --
Other heart disease specified as rheumatic 1 --
Hypertensive diseases    
Essential benign hypertension 68 1971
Malignant hypertension 5 62
Hypertensive renal diseases 4 221
Hypertensive heart disease 2 225
Ischaemic heart disease    
Chronic ischaemic heart disease 28 913
Angina pectoris 12 256
Acute myocardial infarction 8 --
Asymptomatic ischaemic heart disease 7 --
Other acute & sub-acute ischaemic heart disease 1 --
Other forms of heart disease    
Symptomatic heart disease 30 --
Chronic disease of endocardium 17 --
Cardiomyopathy 8 --
Chr. disease of pericardium, non-rheumatic 4 --
Pulmonary heart disease 3 --
Ill-defined heart disease 1 --
Chr. disease of pericardium, non-rheumatic 1 --
Cerebrovascular disease    
Acute but ill defined cerebrovascular disease 17 --
Cerebral thrormbosis 6 --
Cerebral embolism 5 --
Transient cerebral ischaemia 4 --
Other & ill-defined cerebrovascular disease 3 --
Generalised ischaemic cerebrovascular disease 1 --
Disease of arteries, arterioles and capillaries    
Arterial embolism & thrombosis 5  
Other aneurysm 4  
Other peripheral vascular disease 3  
Arteriosclerosis 2  
Gangrene 2  
Polyarteritis and nodosa and allied conditions 2  
Aortic aneurysim (non- syphilitic) 1  
Disease of veins lymphatic & other diseases of circulatory system    
Haemorrhoids 90 284
Varicose veins of other sites 8 --
Varicose veins of lower extremities 5 --
Non-infective disease of lymphatic channels 1 --

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