Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences (Apr 2024)

Cardioembolic Stroke in a Young Pregnant Patient of Rheumatic Heart Disease

  • Dumini Soren,
  • Sudipto Banerjee,
  • Barun Ram,
  • Amit Kumar,
  • Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya,
  • Ahsina Jahan Lopa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30476/ijms.2023.98672.3085
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 4
pp. 272 – 274

Abstract

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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the leading cause of heart disease worldwide, accounting for 90% of all heart disorders in women of childbearing age, and also accounts for 10% to 15% of maternal mortality.

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