Is it time to say goodbye to thoracotomy for treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis?
Author(s): Sharma S | Nair B

Can echocardiography be used for screening of rheumatic heart disease?
Author(s): Pandve Harshal | Bhawalkar J | Banerjee Amitav | Bhuyar Pankaja

Large pseudoaneurysm of aortic root after aortic valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease: A rare complication
Author(s): Misra Satyajeet | Koshy Thomas | Patro Satya | Dash Prasanta

The worldwide epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Michael D Seckeler | Tracey R Hoke

Maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by cardiac disease
Author(s): Mahesh Koregol | Nina Mahale | Radhakrishna Nayak | Amritha Bhandary

Our First Experience on Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy (PTMC): Case Report
Author(s): Aziz Karabulut | Kenan İltümür | Aziz Karadede | Nizamettin Toprak

Infective endocarditis: retrospective analysis at the Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza between 2002 and 2007
Author(s): Franco Romaní | José Cuadra | Fernando Atencia | Fernando Vargas | Carlos Canelo

Miliary nodules due to secondary pulmonary hemosiderosis in rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Gyanendra Agrawal | Ritesh Agarwal | Manoj Kumar Rohit | Venkat Mahesh | Rakesh Kumar Vasishta

Presence of a D8/17 B lymphocyte marker and HLA-DR subgroups in patients with rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Cemşit Karakurt | Can Celiloğlu | Ünsal Özgen | Elif Yeşilada | Saim Yoloğlu | John Zabriskie | Gülendam Koçak

Mitral valvuloplasty without support in children - Modified De Vega technique: case reports
Author(s): Coelho de Souza Magnus R. | Coelho de Souza Eduardo | Almeida Marcos Antônio Dantas de | Resende Adailton de Carvalho | Porcionato Rogério | Mingireanov Ricardo | Fitaroni Rosangela Belbuche

Rheumatic mitral stenosis: balloon dilatation is not the alternative to closed mitral commissurotomy.
Author(s): Magotra R

Congenital heart disease with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a coincidence or an association?
Author(s): Bokhandi S | Tullu M | Shaharao V | Bavdekar S | Kamat J

Painless piezogenic pedal papules in a patient with rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Singh S | Tehseen M | Kalam A

Endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva
Author(s): Asma M Al-Jasser | Mushira A Enani | Mohammed R Al-Fagih

Acute Renal Infarction Secondary to Atrial Fibrillation - Mimicking Renal Stone Picture
Author(s): Salih Salih | Al Durihim Huda | Al Jizeeri Ahmed | Al Maziad Ghassan

Renal Arterial Thromboemboli, Recanalisation with Angioplasty and Intraarterial Streptokinase Injection in a Child With Rheumatic Heart Disease
Author(s): Ali Baykan | Hakan M. Poyrazoğlu | Nazmi Narin | Hakan Ceyran

Scenes from a CFAE: Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram Map in a Woman with Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Following Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement
Author(s): James C. Hansen | Abraham G. Kocheril

Rheumatic Heart Disease-A Neglected Disease of Poverty
Author(s): *Sai lakshmi Swathi.Bandaru, Hari prasath.Kothandam and Sudheer babu.Idpuganti.

Current Perspectives: Rheumatic Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s): Narasimhan C | Bhima shankar P.R | Hygriv Roa B | Jaishankar S

Case Report: A Parturient With Complete Heart Block For LSCS
Author(s): Madhur Chauhan | Vinod Kharde | D.S.Divekar

Prevalencia de fiebre reumática en Pinar del Río. Una década de experiencia. Prevalence of rheumatic fever in Pinar del Río. A decade of experience.
Author(s): Raimundo López Rodríguez | Fidel Manuel Cáceres Lóriga | María A. Méndez Suárez | José A. González Rodríguez | Jorge R. López Rodríguez | Luis A. Sarmiento López | Porfirio E. Nordet Cardona | Alberto Hernández Cañero

Mitral stenosis and pregnancy: Current concepts in anaesthetic practice
Author(s): Kannan M | Vijayanand G

Quality of life among parents of children with heart disease
Author(s): Arafa Mostafa | Zaher Salah | El-Dowaty Amira | Moneeb Dalia

Spectrum of heart diseases in a new cardiac service in Nigeria: An echocardiographic study of 1441 subjects in Abeokuta
Author(s): Ogah Okechukwu | Adegbite Gail | Akinyemi Rufus | Adesina Julius | Alabi Albert | Udofia Oscar | Ogundipe Roseline | Osinfade Julius

Colon Targeted Chitosan Microsphere Compressed Matrices for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis - A
Author(s): Mr. Jitendra Kawadkar | Dr. Alpana Ram

Effect of single intraoperative dose of amiodarone in patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease and atrial fibrillation undergoing valve replacement surgery
Author(s): Selvaraj Thiruvenkadam | Kiran Usha | Das Sambhunath | Chauhan Sandeep | Sahu Bikash | Gharde Parag

The ratio of congenital heart disease and innocent murmur in children in Van city, the Eastern Turkey
Author(s): Abdurrahman Üner | Abdurrahman Üner | Murat Doğan | Murat Doğan | Ali Bay | Ali Bay | Caner Çakın | Caner Çakın | Avni Kaya | Avni Kaya | Ertan Sal | Ertan Sal

An autopsy study of maternal mortality: A tertiary healthcare perspective
Author(s): Panchabhai T | Patil P | Shah D | Joshi A

Successful thrombectomy of a stuck mechanical prosthetic mitral valve guided by perioperative transesophageal echocardiography and cinefluoroscopy
Author(s): Paulo César Gobert Damasceno Campos | Marcelo Luiz Vieira | Ivan D’Cruz | Darryl Weiman

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis at the Aga Khan University Hospital
Author(s): Muhammad Tariq | Bilal Karim Siddiqui | Atif Jadoon | Mahboob Alam | Sohail Abrar Khan | Mehnaz Atiq | Raymond A. Smego

Late presentation of rheumatic heart disease: a justification for renewal of preventive methods?
Author(s): Adeseye Abiodun Akintunde | Oladimeji George Opadijo

Benzathine Penicillin Prophylaxis in Children with Rheumatic Fever (RF)/ Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD): A Study of Compliance
Author(s): Milind S.Tullu | Akanksha Gandhi | Radha G. Ghildiyal

Role Of Health Agencies In Providing Benzathine Penicillin To Sore Throat Cases
Author(s): Arya R.K | Gaur S.D | Kumar S

Adherence to secondary prophylaxis and disease recurrence in 536 Brazilian children with rheumatic fever
Author(s): Pelajo Christina | Lopez-Benitez Jorge | Torres Juliana | de Oliveira Sheila

Correlation of Right Ventricular dP/dt with Functional Capacity and RV Function in Patients with Mitral Stenosis
Author(s): Anita Sadeghpour | H Harati, M Kiavar | M Esmaeizadeh | M Maleki | F Noohi | Z Ojaghi | N Samiea | A Mohebbi | H Bakhshandeh

Distribution and Characteristics of the Heart Disease in Pediatric Age Group in Southern Iran
Author(s): M Borzouee | M Jannati

Delayed Lymphocyte Apoptosis in Rheumatic Heart Disease
Author(s): M. Hafez | S. Hawas | Z.EL-Morsy | A.R. EL-Hadidy | H.AL-Marsafawy | M.M. Hafez | B. EL-Deek

Fiebre reumática: incidencia en pinar del río de 1986 a 1996. Rheumatic fever: incidence in Pinar del Rio from 1986 to 1996.
Author(s): Raimundo López Rodríguez | Jose A. González Rodríguez | Orlando Martínez Hernández | Fidel Manuel Cáceres Lóriga | Porfirio Nordet Cardona | Alberto Hernández Cañero

Is EuroSCORE applicable to Indian patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Author(s): Malik Madhur | Chauhan Sandeep | Malik Vishwas | Gharde Parag | Kiran Usha | Pandey R

Nitric oxide synthase 3 and endothelin 1 immunoreactivity in pulmonary hypertension
Author(s): Gupta Rajib | Vaideeswar Pradeep

Mitral valve prolapse
Author(s): Ivanov Igor | Dejanović Jadranka | Radišić Biljana | Ivanov Dejan | Čikoš Josip

Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital
Author(s): Arthur C Onwuchekwa | Godspower E Asekomeh

Occurrence, aetiology and challenges in the management of congestive heart failure in sub-saharan Africa: experience of the Cardiac Centre in Shisong, Cameroon
Author(s): Tantchou Tchoumi Jacques Cabral | Ambassa Jean Claude | Kingue Samuel | Giamberti Alessandro | Cirri Sylvia | Frigiola Alessandro | Butera Gianfranco

Managing the Growing Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Low-Income Countries: A Primary Healthcare Approach in Ethiopia
Author(s): Kadia Petricca

Demonstration of Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus in atherosclerotic coronary arteries, nonrheumatic calcific aortic and rheumatic stenotic mitral valves by polymerase chain reaction
Author(s): Ayşen Bayram | Mustafa Bilge Erdoğan | Fahriye Ekşi | Birol Yamak

Global research priorities in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Carapetis Jonathan | Zühlke Liesl

Genes, autoimmunity and pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease
Author(s): Guilherme L | Köhler K | Postol E | Kalil J

Incomplete Kawasaki disease with recurrent skin peeling: a case report with the review of literature.
Author(s): Parmar R | Somale A | Bavdekar S | Muranjan M

Rheumatic fever: a multicenter study in the State of São Paulo
Author(s): Silva Carlos Henrique Martins da

Mortality due to cardiovascular disease in women during the reproductive age (15 to 49 years), in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1991 to 1995
Author(s): Haddad Nagib | Silva Maria Barbosa da

Atrial activation during sinus rhythm in patients with rheumatic and non-rheumatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Frequency-domain analysis using signal-averaged electrocardiography
Author(s): Dantas Rogério Carregoza | Barbosa Eduardo Corrêa | Barbosa Paulo Roberto Benchimol | Bomfim Alfredo de Souza | Ginefra Paulo

Protocol for Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged study (BAFTA): a randomised controlled trial of warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention in the management of atrial fibrillation in an elderly primary care population [ISRCTN89345269]
Author(s): Mant Jonathan | Richards Suzanne | Hobbs FD Richard | Fitzmaurice David | Lip Gregory | Murray Ellen | Banting Miriam | Fletcher Kate | Rahman Joy | Allan Teresa | Raftery James | Bryan Stirling

Use of aminocaproic acid (ACA) in extra-amniotic MTP in patients on anti-coagulant therapy.
Author(s): Kale P | Shah M | Pathare A

Surgical treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery using monopolar and bipolar radiofrequency ablation
Author(s): Stephan Geidel | Jörg Ostermeyer | Michael Lass | Sigrid Boczor | Karl-Heinz Kuck

Development of Pacing, Electrophysiology and Defibrillation in India
Author(s): Mohan Nair | Johnson Francis | Venugopal K

M protein typing of Thai group A streptococcal isolates by PCR-Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
Author(s): Yoonim Nonglak | Olive Colleen | Pruksachatkunakorn Chulabhorn | Good Michael | Pruksakorn Sumalee

Microbiological diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis: Lacunae and their implications
Author(s): Brahmadathan K | Gladstone P

The frequency rate of cardioembolic etiology in North American and Iranian stroke patients: A pilot double-center study
Author(s): K Ghandehari | A Shuaib | G FatahZadeh Ardalani

Towards a Vaccine Against Rheumatic Fever
Author(s): L. Guilherme | K. C. Faé | F. Higa | L. Chaves | S. E. Oshiro | S. Freschi de Barros | C. Puschel | M. A. Juliano | A. C. Tanaka | G. Spina | J. Kalil

Infective endocarditis- (a survey of the past 50 years)
Author(s): Mehta Ajita | Dave Kalyani | Kinare Suman

A huge left atrial thrombus in patient with severe mitral stenosis
Author(s): Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik | Małgorzata Marszal-Marciniak | Monika Możdżan | Małgorzata Kurpesa

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with congenital heart disease
Author(s): Mehranpour M | Roudpeyma Sh

The incidence of Rheumatic and congenital heart disease in school children of Bardsir, Kerman
Author(s): Moradmand S

Prevalence of Rheumatic heart disease in childhood and adolescence in Iranian population
Author(s): Zeynaloo AA | Assadpoor M

Self-reported chronic somatic diseases among adolescent students in Mansoura, Egypt
Author(s): Abdel-Hady El-Gilany

Clinical profile of Rheumatic Heart Disease in children and young people in Eastern India
Author(s): Sayantani Ghosh | Saugat Dey

Self-reported chronic somatic diseases among adolescent students in Mansoura, Egypt
Author(s): Abdel-Hady El-Gilany

Antistreptolysin O titer in health and disease: levels and significance
Author(s): Alyaa Amal Kotby | Nevin Mamdouh Habeeb | Sahar Ezz El Arab

Effect of short-acting beta blocker on the cardiac recovery after cardiopulmonary bypass
Author(s): Sun Jie | Ding Zhengnian | Qian Yanning

Clinical and echocardiographic study of mitral stenosis in Imam Khomeini and Amir-alam Hospitals
Author(s): Moradmand S | Gharooni M | Javiani MA

Clinical and echocardiographic study of mitral stenosis in Imam Khomeini and Amir-alam Hospitals1
Author(s): Moradmand S | Gharooni M | Javiani MA

Acute Rheumatic Fever in the North East of Iran: A Study of 80 Cases
Author(s): Eftekhar Mahmudi | Farah Ashrafzadeh | Saeed Talebi | Fatemeh Ghaneh | Vahid Jafari

Surgical Radiofrequency MAZE III Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation During Open Heart Surgery
Author(s): Rezayat Parvizi | Fariborz Akbarzadeh

"Maternal and neonatal outcome in teenage pregnancy in Tehran Valiasr Hospital "
Author(s): "Nili F | Rahmati MR | Sharifi SM "

"PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON MITRAL VALVOTOMY WITH THE GUIDE OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING PREGNANCY"
Author(s): A. Kazemi Khaledi

STROKE IN YOUNG ADULTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 68 CASES
Author(s): M. H. Harirchian | M. Ghaffarpour | D. Doratotaj M. B. Akhavirad

Effect of prophylactic amiodarone in patients with rheumatic valve disease undergoing valve replacement surgery
Author(s): Kar Sandeep | Dasgupta Chaitali | Goswami Anupam

Expression of the CD44 Protein in the Heart Valves Affected with Rheumatic Heart Disease
Author(s): R. Vijayalakshmi | S. Nayar | K. M. Cherian

Outcome of left heart mechanical valve replacement in West African children - A 15-year retrospective study
Author(s): Edwin Frank | Aniteye Ernest | Tettey Mark | Tamatey Martin | Frimpong-Boateng Kwabena

Functional and Developmental Analysis of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells under the Influence of Streptococcal M Protein in Rheumatic Heart Disease
Author(s): Nidhal Abdul-Auhaimen | Zaman I. L. Al-Kaabi

Ventricular Septal Defect with Dual Valve Rheumatic Heart Disease and Infective Endocarditis
Author(s): Milind S. Tullu | Radha G. Ghildiyal | Shrinivas Tambe

The first reported case of Bartonella endocarditis in Thailand
Author(s): Orathai Pachirat | Michael Kosoy | Ying Bai | Sompop Prathani | Anucha Puapairoj | Nordin Zeidner | Leonard F. Peruski | Henry Baggett | George Watt | Susan A. Maloney

Echocardiographic screening of schoolchildren in American Samoa to detect rheumatic heart disease: a feasibility study
Author(s): Shawn S Barnes | James Sim | James R Marrone | et al
