Valvulopathies in sub-Saharan African children: Patterns, humanitarian interventions and cardiac surgical problems

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-241

  Ferratini, Maurizio ^a   Marianeschi, Stefano ^b   Santoro, Francesco ^b   Vitali, Ettore ^c   Ripamonti, Vittorino ^a   De Maria, Renata ^b   Torri, Anna ^a   Pezzano, Antonio ^a   Moraschi, Andrea ^a   Tavano, Davide ^d   Pesaresi, Marilena ^e   Martinelli, Luigi ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^e Luisa Guidotti Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiac surgery; Children; Rheumatic valve disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUB SAHARAN AFRICAN; SURGICAL APPROACH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARYNX DISEASE; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UNDERWEIGHT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASODILATATION; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALTRUISM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

EID: 84876664788     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.069     Document Type: Review

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