Background: Threshold countries like South Africa provide cardiac surgery to a largely indigent population with rheumatic heart disease. Although repairs are a preferred treatment modality many rheumatic mitral valves can only be replaced. In view of significantly improved primary health care and broad access of the indigent population to communication technology we revisited the efficacy of mitral valve replacement (MVR) at the interface of the developing and developed world. Methods: A cohort of 280 patients (mean age 40.7±13.7y/range 12-80y/median 41y; 76.4% female) with rheumatic heart disease (21% MR; 11% MS; 68% mixed) undergoing mitral valve replacement (MVR) (88.2% mechanical versus 11.8% tissue valves) was analyzed
Objective: To further the understanding of the factors influencing outcome following rheumatic heart...
Background: Mitral valve repair is well established as the preferred treatment modality for the majo...
Introduction: Rheumatic mitral stenosis continues to be prevalent in developing countries, notably i...
Rheumatic valve disease, a consequence of acute rheumatic fever, remains endemic in developing count...
In developing countries, rheumatic fever and carditis still constitutes a major public health proble...
Valvular heart disease represents a significant health care challenge in South Africa, mainly due to...
Introduction: The treatment of rheumatic heart disease presents a medical and surgical challenge, pa...
Prosthetic valve replacement in young patients carries increased morbidity and mortality, even with ...
AbstractObjectives: Mitral valve repair may be technically feasible in patients with suitable anatom...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most comm...
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term outcomes of mechanical valve replace...
This study provides 5-year follow-up data of isolated mitral valve replacements with mechanical pros...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease remains a major health cardiac problem in developing countries a...
Objectives: Rheumatic heart disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and it is...
Background: The distribution and determinants of heart disease vary greatly between high-income coun...
Objective: To further the understanding of the factors influencing outcome following rheumatic heart...
Background: Mitral valve repair is well established as the preferred treatment modality for the majo...
Introduction: Rheumatic mitral stenosis continues to be prevalent in developing countries, notably i...
Rheumatic valve disease, a consequence of acute rheumatic fever, remains endemic in developing count...
In developing countries, rheumatic fever and carditis still constitutes a major public health proble...
Valvular heart disease represents a significant health care challenge in South Africa, mainly due to...
Introduction: The treatment of rheumatic heart disease presents a medical and surgical challenge, pa...
Prosthetic valve replacement in young patients carries increased morbidity and mortality, even with ...
AbstractObjectives: Mitral valve repair may be technically feasible in patients with suitable anatom...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most comm...
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term outcomes of mechanical valve replace...
This study provides 5-year follow-up data of isolated mitral valve replacements with mechanical pros...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease remains a major health cardiac problem in developing countries a...
Objectives: Rheumatic heart disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and it is...
Background: The distribution and determinants of heart disease vary greatly between high-income coun...
Objective: To further the understanding of the factors influencing outcome following rheumatic heart...
Background: Mitral valve repair is well established as the preferred treatment modality for the majo...
Introduction: Rheumatic mitral stenosis continues to be prevalent in developing countries, notably i...