Prognostic factors of rheumatic mitral stenosis during pregnancy and puerperium

OBJECTIVE: To identifity characteristics associated with complications during pregnancy and puerperium in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. METHODS: Forty-one pregnant women (forty-five pregnancies) with mitral stenosis, followed-up from 1991 to 1999 were retrospectively evaluated. Predictor...

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Main Authors: Paulo José Bastos Barbosa, Antônio Alberto Lopes, Gilson Soares Feitosa, Rosângela Vasconcelos de Almeida, Rosenbert Mamédio da Silva, José Carlos Brito, Maria Lúcia Duarte, Augusto José Gonçalves Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2000-09-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000000900003