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. ...

the patient was a 19 year-old woman with the diagnosis of resistant hypertension, although she was under treatment of three classes of anti-hypertensive drugs (beta blocker, angiotensin receptor blocker, diuretic) for more than one year. in physical examination there was only a significant difference between the systolic blood pressure of upper and lower extremities (200 vs. 120 mmhg), without ...

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. ...

Introduction: Prosthetic valve thrombosis is a rare and severe complication of valve replacement, most often encountered with a mechanical prosthesis. The significant morbidity and mortality associated with this condition warrant rapid diagnostic evaluation. Although surgery is the first-line therapy in symptomatic obstructive mechanical valve thrombosis, thrombolytic therapy has been used as a...

j-Ieart size was measured radiographically before and after single or double homograft valve replacement in 69 consecutive patients. Thirty patients had aortic valve replacement, 25 mitral, and 14 both aortic and mitral valve replacement. For aortic valve replacement a fresh unsupported homograft was inserted in the subcoronary position, while for mitral valve replacement afresh semilunar homog...

j-Ieart size was measured radiographically before and after single or double homograft valve replacement in 69 consecutive patients. Thirty patients had aortic valve replacement, 25 mitral, and 14 both aortic and mitral valve replacement. For aortic valve replacement a fresh unsupported homograft was inserted in the subcoronary position, while for mitral valve replacement afresh semilunar homog...

The calculation and comparison of relative survival rates after interventional studies is a method that permits correction for important demographic variables, thereby adjusting for the "background mortality" in the general population. Long-term relative survival rates were analyzed in a consecutive series of 2,805 Swedish patients who, on the basis of clinical symptoms, underwent aortic valve ...