Rheumatic fever recurrence: A possible cause of restenosis after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 845-847

  Nigri, A ^a   Alessandri, N ^a   Martuscelli, E ^a   Pizzuto, F ^a   Sardella, G ^a   Berni, A ^a   Romeo, F ^a   Papalia, U ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mitral stenosis; Mitral valvuloplasty; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENCE RISK; REINFECTION; RESTENOSIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0035670029     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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