Clinical Outcomes After Valve Intervention in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease

Marco Aurélio da Silva Neves; Lucas Leal Fraga; Moises Barbosa de Andrade; Bruno Ramos Nascimento; Cláudio Leo Gelape; Renato Bráulio; Paulo Henrique Nogueira Costa; Marcia Fabrícia Almeida Teixeira; Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo; Guilherme Rafael Sant’Anna Athayde; Lucas Lodi-Junqueira; Robert A. Levine; Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes

doi:10.5334/gh.1420

Clinical Outcomes After Valve Intervention in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease

Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1

By: Marco Aurélio da Silva Neves , Lucas Leal Fraga , Moises Barbosa de Andrade, Bruno Ramos Nascimento , Cláudio Leo Gelape , Renato Bráulio , Paulo Henrique Nogueira Costa, Marcia Fabrícia Almeida Teixeira , Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo , Guilherme Rafael Sant’Anna Athayde , Lucas Lodi-Junqueira , Robert A. Levine and Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes

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|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1420 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179

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Language: English

Submitted on: Jan 3, 2025

Accepted on: Mar 7, 2025

Published on: Apr 4, 2025

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Keywords:

Rheumatic heart disease,

mitral valve disease,

percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty,

cardiac surgery,

mitral valve replacement

© 2025 Marco Aurélio da Silva Neves, Lucas Leal Fraga, Moises Barbosa de Andrade, Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Cláudio Leo Gelape, Renato Bráulio, Paulo Henrique Nogueira Costa, Marcia Fabrícia Almeida Teixeira, Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo, Guilherme Rafael Sant’Anna Athayde, Lucas Lodi-Junqueira, Robert A. Levine, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes, published by Ubiquity Press
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