Incidence and patterns of valvular heart disease in a tertiary care high-volume cardiac center: A single center experience
Background: Diseases of the heart valves constitute a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) being the dominant form of valvular heart disease (VHD) in developing nations. The current study was undertaken at a tertiary care cardiac center w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-05-01
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Series: | Indian Heart Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483214001242 |