Table 2 Indications for Echocardiography in the 1441 subjects.
SNO | Indication | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abnormal ECG | 9 | 0.6 |
2 | Cardiac murmur | 8 | 0.6 |
3 | Cardiomegaly on CXR | 1 | 0.1 |
4 | Congestive Heart Failure | 175 | 12.1 |
5 | Complete Heart Block | 2 | 0.1 |
6 | Congenital Heart Disease | 5 | 0.3 |
7 | Cor-pulmonale/Pulmonary Hypertension | 37 | 2.6 |
8 | Dilated cardiomyopathy | 37 | 2.6 |
9 | Diabetes Heart Disease | 21 | 1.4 |
10 | Hypertension/Hypertensive Heart Disease | 944 | 65.5 |
11 | Ischaemic Heart Disease | 12 | 0.9 |
12 | Myocarditis | 1 | 0.1 |
13 | Palpitation | 18 | 1.3 |
14 | Pericardial Diseases | 19 | 1.3 |
15 | Pre-chemotherapy | 3 | 0.2 |
16 | Pre-operative cardiac evaluation | 7 | 0.5 |
17 | Restrictive Heart Disease | 3 | 0.2 |
18 | Routine medical check-up | 9 | 0.6 |
19 | Stroke/TIA | 35 | 2.4 |
20 | Thyroid Heart Disease | 12 | 0.9 |
21 | Unexplained Dyspnoea | 12 | 0.9 |
22 | Unexplained leg swelling | 2 | 0.1 |
23 | Valvular Heart Disease | 50 | 3.4 |
24 | Not specified | 19 | 1.3 |
Total | 1441 | 100.0 |