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Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study in a Brazilian Urban Center

BACKGROUND: In middle income countries, the burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains high, but the prevalence of other heart valve diseases may rise as the population life expectancy increases. Here, we compared population-based data on surgical procedures to assess the relative importance of...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Tartof, Sara Y., Oliveira, Dalton W. S., Guedes, Aldalice C. S., Reis, Mitermayer G., Riley, Lee W., Ko, Albert I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037855