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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 9, 713-714, Copyright © 1995 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Rheumatic involvement of all four heart valves--preoperative echocardiographic diagnosis and successful surgical management

N Kumar, K Rasheed, R Gallo, Z Al-Halees and CM Duran
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Rheumatic disease of all four heart valves is rare. We report on a patient with quadrivalvar involvement by rheumatic disease, diagnosed preoperatively by echocardiography, who underwent successful surgical correction. The implications of organic involvement of the pulmonary valve by rheumatic process is discussed.

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