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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred one patients originally diagnosed as having rheumatic heart disease (RHD) during the years 1945-1948 were reevaluated in 1975 to determine the natural history of the disease. Twenty patients (19.8%) showed no sign of RHD. Of the patients with confirmed RHD, 56 (70.0%) had their original lesion confirmed, while 23 (28.8%) had developed additional valvular involvement. Pure mitral stenosis resulted in significantly lower mortality than all other valvular lesions, and congestive heart failure was the leading cause of death. Nineteen patients underwent cardiac surgery; the mortality in this group (52.6%) was not significantly higher than that in the overall RHD group (38.8%). False diagnosis of RHD during pregnancy is common. A more thorough evaluation of the "cardiac murmur of pregnancy" is advocated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-7292
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Rheumatic heart disease diagnosed during pregnancy: a 30-year follow-up.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article