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Of 632 valvular heart disease patients 187 were operated on because of multivalvular rheumatic lesions. The operative mortality was 10.1% and late mortality 4.9%. Left ventricular dysfunction ...
surgery was considered when there was gross mitral regurgitation, multivalvular disease or left atrial thrombus. Closed mitral valvotomy continues to be the treatment of choice in the majority of the cases ...
Multivalvular disease (MVD) is a prevalent form of valvular heart disease ; rheumatic heart disease is the predominant aetiology in developing countries, whereas degenerative aetiologies ...
are overlooked in the presence of mitral valve disease .1 These findings likewise have emphasized the importance and the frequency of multivalvular lesions in persons with rheumatic heart disease who die ...
insufficiency. All had been in, or were in, heart failure, and several had significant coronary artery disease or multivalvular disease . Eleven of the 19 patients are well or markedly improved. Eight died during ...
and hospitalizations for heart failure and reducing the quality of life. A renewed interest in the ‘neglected valve’ has increased the frequency of the combined treatment of these two diseases . Undoubtedly necessary ...
.Crossref 5. Kay JH, Magidson O, Meihaus JE: The surgical treatment of mitral insufficiency and combined mitral stenosis and insufficiency using the heart -lung machine . Amer J Cardiol 9:300-306, 1962 ...
heart disease before and after surgical and catheter-based interventions,15 as well as in patients with congenital heart disease .16 Although overall uncommon, it may affect patients at different ...
and natural history of acquired mitral valve stenosis. Eur Heart J . 1991 ; 12 : 55 –60 84 Diker E , Aydogdu S, Ozdemir M. Prevalence and predictors of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic valvular heart disease ...
disease INTRODUCTION Multivalvular heart disease is a highly prevalent clinical condition that comprises 14.6% of the patients undergoing valvular surgery [1]. Specifically, aortic valve regurgitation (AR ...
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