Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorZilla, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKoshy, Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrink, Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHuman, Pen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T08:47:05Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T08:47:05Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBackground: Threshold countries like South Africa provide cardiac surgery to a largely indigent population with rheumatic heart disease. Although repairs are a preferred treatment modality many rheumatic mitral valves can only be replaced. In view of significantly improved primary health care and broad access of the indigent population to communication technology we revisited the efficacy of mitral valve replacement (MVR) at the interface of the developing and developed world. Methods: A cohort of 280 patients (mean age 40.7±13.7y/range 12-80y/median 41y; 76.4% female) with rheumatic heart disease (21% MR; 11% MS; 68% mixed) undergoing mitral valve replacement (MVR) (88.2% mechanical versus 11.8% tissue valves) was analyzed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationZilla, P., Koshy, J., Brink, J., & Human, P. (2013). Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa. <i>Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15627en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZilla, Peter, J Koshy, J Brink, and P Human "Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa." <i>Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15627en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZilla, P., Koshy, J., Brink, J., & Human, P. (2013). Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 8(Suppl 1), O294.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Zilla, Peter AU - Koshy, J AU - Brink, J AU - Human, P AB - Background: Threshold countries like South Africa provide cardiac surgery to a largely indigent population with rheumatic heart disease. Although repairs are a preferred treatment modality many rheumatic mitral valves can only be replaced. In view of significantly improved primary health care and broad access of the indigent population to communication technology we revisited the efficacy of mitral valve replacement (MVR) at the interface of the developing and developed world. Methods: A cohort of 280 patients (mean age 40.7±13.7y/range 12-80y/median 41y; 76.4% female) with rheumatic heart disease (21% MR; 11% MS; 68% mixed) undergoing mitral valve replacement (MVR) (88.2% mechanical versus 11.8% tissue valves) was analyzed. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-8-S1-O294 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa TI - Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15627 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15627
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-S1-O294
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZilla P, Koshy J, Brink J, Human P. Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15627.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Cardiologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_ZA
dc.rights.holder2013 Zilla et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en_ZA
dc.sourceJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/en_ZA
dc.subject.otherRheumatic heart diseaseen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMitral valve replacementen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSouthern Africaen_ZA
dc.titleMitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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