Rheumatic mitral repair versus replacement in a threshold country: The impact of commissural fusion

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-432

  Geldenhuys, Agneta ^a   Koshy, Jithan J ^a   Human, Paul A ^a   Mtwale, Juliana F ^a   Brink, Johan G ^a   Zilla, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867177735     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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