Incidence and patterns of valvular heart disease in a tertiary care high-volume cardiac center: A single center experience

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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Main Authors: C.N. Manjunath, P. Srinivas, K.S. Ravindranath, C. Dhanalakshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Valvular heart disease
Incidence
Echocardiography
Rheumatic heart disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483214001242

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