Medical Management of Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Walsh, Warren F ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve regurgitation; Aortic valve stenosis; Mitral valve regurgitation; Mitral valve stenosis; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953232250     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.04.130     Document Type: Article

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