Table 3

Distribution of types of cardiovascular disease in relation to the age of the patients

TypesPaediatric (<18 years of age) %Adult  (18 years of age) %
Valvular heart disease30.743.4
Congenital heart disease60.04.3
Hypertensive heart disease3.118.1
Ischaemic heart disease0.011.5
Cardiomyopathy2.89.7
Pulmonary hypertension (isolated)1.34.3
Miscellaneous1.64.4
Arrhythmia0.13.1
Pericardial diseases0.51.2
Total100100