We read with great interest the article by McCann and colleagues published in issue
3 volume 17 of the Journal[
[1]
]. Using baseline clinical and echocardiographic data from patients who underwent percutaneous
mitral commisurotomy (PMC), the authors presented evidence that rheumatic mitral stenosis
is more severe in Indigenous Australians than in non-Indigenous Australians, but that
despite this, PMC remains efficient and safe. To date, most papers regarding rheumatic
heart disease (RHD) have focused on prevalence or pathophysiology and few data are
available regarding the variability in presentation of RHD worldwide.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy in Indigenous versus non-Indigenous Australians.Heart Lung Circ. 2008; 17: 200-205
- What are the differences in presentation of candidates for percutaneous mitral commissurotomy across the world and do they influence the results of the procedure?.Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2008; 101: 611-617
- Acute rheumatic fever.Lancet. 2005; 366: 155-168
- Rheumatic fever: from innate to acquired immune response.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007; 1107: 426-433
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Received:
November 5,
2008
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© 2009 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
