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Preoperative Assessment of the Child with Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Rheumatic Valvular Disease in Children

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The diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the child is not difficult, but treatment is determined by the severity of the valvular lesion and by the presence of additional myocardial dysfunction, intercurrent arrhythmia, and other diseases. The purpose of this chapter is to review the pathophysiology and clinical findings of each lesion and to describe the assessment of its severity.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph B. Borman M.B., B. Ch. (Wits), F.R.C.S. (Eng), FA.C.S., F.A.C.C. (Professor of Surgery, Head) (Professor of Surgery, Head)

  2. Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Mervyn S. Gotsman M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (G), F.A.C.C (Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor of Medicine, Head)

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Gotsman, M.S., Lewis, B.S. (1980). Preoperative Assessment of the Child with Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease. In: Borman, J.B., Gotsman, M.S. (eds) Rheumatic Valvular Disease in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95371-2_5

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