Clinical and echocardiographic study of mitral valve in children with severe rheumatic carditis. aspects of prolapse or rupture;Estudo Clínico e Ecocardiográfico das Alterações do Aparelho Mitral em Crianças com Cardite Reumática Grave. Aspecto de Prolapso ou Ruptura

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Herdy, Gesmar Volga Haddad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mitral valve; Rheumatic carditis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORDA TENDINEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030096303     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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