Heart valve structure: a predisposing factor for rheumatic heart disease
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Double Valve Replacement (Mitral and Aortic) for Rheumatic Heart Disease: A 20-year experience with 300 patients.
Introduction: Rheumatic heart disease still remains one of the leading causes of congestive heart failure and death owing to valvular pathologies, in developing countries. Valve replacement still remains the treatment of choice in such patients.The aim of this study wasto analyze the postoperative outcome of double valve replacement (Mitral and Aortic ) in patients of rheumatic heart disease. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.075358