Evaluation of variables responsible for hospital mortality in patients with rheumatic heart disease undergoing double valve replacement

Objective: To describe the hospital mortality and associated clinical and echocardiographic variables in patients with rheumatic disease who underwent double valve replacement surgery. Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study of mortality, performed in a referral hospital in Salvador, Ba...

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Main Authors: André Maurício Souza Fernandes, Gustavo Maltez de Andrade, Rafael Marcelino Oliveira, Gabriela Tanajura Biscaia, Francisco Farias Borges dos Reis, Cristiano Ricardo Macedo, Andre Rodrigues Durães, Roque Aras Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000400010&lng=en&tlng=en