Comparison of mechanical and biological prostheses when used to replace heart valves in children and adolescents with rheumatic fever

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-197

  Travancas, Paulo R ^a   Dorigo, Ana H ^a   Simões, Luiz C ^a   Fonseca, Sandra C ^b   Bloch, Kátia V ^c   Herdy, Gesmar V ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic surgery; Paediatric cardiac surgery; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; BIOPROSTHESIS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPROSTHESIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149113701     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109003680     Document Type: Article

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