Rheumatic heart disease in the past decade: An autopsy analysis

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 676-680

  Deshpande, Jaya ^a,b   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   Amonkar, Gayathri ^a   Vasandani, Sonia ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Rheumatic heart disease; Valve dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036874575     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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