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    A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF GENETIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
    (Department of biotechnology, KCW Lahore., 2022-06-16) Azka Abid
    Background: Cardiovascular disorder is the leading causality of death around the world. Cardiovascular disorders have multiple environmental and genetic risk factors contributing towards different types of CVD. This study aimed to investigate most prevalent type of CVD among Pakistani population. Methods: Total 50 clinical reports were collected from patients by visiting different private and public health institutes in Lahore, Pakistan. The thorough literature review was performed by using different databases including Google scholar and PubMed to analyze different types of cardiovascular diseases. SPSS software version 16.0 was used to analyze the results. Results: Our results showed that Rheumatic heart disease is the most usual type of heart disease in Pakistan (34.0%) whereas; Left ventricular systolic function (LVF) and Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are the least reported cases (2.0%) Conclusion: Our findings suggests that broad clinical and genetic spectrum of cardiovascular disorders in Pakistan.