Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Mar 1999)

Mitral valve disease with rheumatic appearance in the presence of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis

  • Lurildo R. Saraiva,
  • Regina W. Carneiro,
  • Mauro B. Arruda,
  • Djair Brindeiro F°,
  • Vital Lira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X1999000300006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. 3
pp. 327 – 332

Abstract

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This is a report of a nine-year-old boy with both mitral stenosis and regurgitation and extensive endomyocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle. Focus is given to the singularity of the fibrotic process, with an emphasis on the etiopathogenic aspects.