February 1, 1994Annals of Internal Medicine

The Spectrum of Severe Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease in a Developing Country: Correlations among Clinical Presentation, Surgical Pathologic Findings, and Hemodynamic Sequelae

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Population

714 black patients, 4 to 73 years old, with pure mitral regurgitation, pure mitral stenosis, or mixed mitral…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RMRichard H. MarcusUniversity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Discussion

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Implication

Severe rheumatic mitral regurgitation in developing countries is frequently associated with active rheumatic carditis and presents with distinct surgical anatomy compared to pure stenosis.

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Population

714 black patients, 4 to 73 years old, with pure mitral regurgitation, pure mitral stenosis, or mixed mitral disease who had mitral valve surgery at a tertiary medical center in Soweto, South Africa.

Outcome

Demographic, pathologic, and hemodynamic profiles and their relation to uncontrolled rheumatic disease activity

Severe rheumatic mitral regurgitation in developing countries is frequently associated with active rheumatic carditis and presents with distinct surgical anatomy compared to pure stenosis.

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Richard H. Marcus (1994) studied this question.

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Topics

Mitral valve intervention

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Implication

Severe rheumatic mitral regurgitation in developing countries is frequently associated with active rheumatic carditis and presents with distinct surgical anatomy compared to pure stenosis.