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ArticleAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery2019

Rheumatic aortic valve disease-when and who to repair?

Ahmed Afifi, Hatem Hosny, Magdi Yacoub

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Article in Annals of cardiothoracic surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Developing World.Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team · 2023
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  15. Combined Mitral and Aortic Valve Surgery: 17-year Experience in a Single Center.Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society · 2021
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  16. Complex and multilevel left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: What can 3D echocardiography add?The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2021
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  19. Expanding Valve Repair in Rheumatic Heart Disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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  20. The "Cairo Accord"- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ahmed AfifiAswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
Hatem HosnyAswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
Magdi YacoubImperial College London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatic valve disease is an endemic problem that is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in many countries. Unlike the rheumatic mitral valve, aortic repair continues to be challenging. A thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms; structural and functional, is essential for repair. We here describe various methods of repair and outline our favoured techniques.

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aortic repairaortic valve repairRheumatic aorticrheumatic repair

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PMID31240182
PMCPMC6562081

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