Population
491 patients who underwent surgery for valvular heart disease from January 2002-December 2005 in Salvador…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
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High mortality after RHD valve surgery in young adults warrants caution; leaves open whether prevention or earlier referral improves outcomes.
Rheumatic heart disease remains the predominant cause of valvular heart surgery in this Brazilian urban center, primarily affecting young adults dependent on the public health sector, and carries a high overall in-hospital mortality of 11.9%.
Ribeiro et al. (2012) studied this question.
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