Left ventricular mechanics during and after acute rheumatic fever: Contractile dysfunction is closely related to valve regurgitation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 201-207

  Gentles, Thomas L ^a,b,c,d   Colan, Steven D ^c,d   Wilson, Nigel J ^a,b   Biosa, Renelle ^a,b   Neutze, John M ^a,b,c,d  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART STRESS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035173966     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01058-5     Document Type: Article

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