Mitral valve disease with rheumatic appearance in the presence of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis

  • Saraiva, Lurildo R.
  • Carneiro, Regina W.
  • Arruda, Mauro B.
  • Brindeiro F°, Djair
  • Lira, Vital
Publication date
March 1999
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC

Abstract

This is a report of a nine-year-old boy with both mitral stenosis and regurgitation and extensive endomyocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle. Focus is given to the singularity of the fibrotic process, with an emphasis on the etiopathogenic aspects

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