Rheumatic Valvular Disease in Children
In the Middle Eastern states, in the developing countries of Southeast Asia and Africa with their vast populations, in the poverty-stricken Central and South American lands, and in other underprivileged parts of the world, rheumatic heart disease is a maj
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1980
Editors: Joseph B. Borman, MB., B. Ch. (Wits), FR.C.S. (Eng), FA.C.S., FA.C.C.,Professor of Surgery, Head, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University.JIadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel Mervyn S. Gotsman, M.D., F.R.C.P., FRC.P. (G), FA.C.C., Professor of Medicine, Head, Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew UniversityHadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-10079-9
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-95371-2
DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-95371-2 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Main entry under title: Rheumatic valvular disease in children. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Rheumatic heart disease in children. 2. Rheumatic heart disease in children - Surgery. 3. Heart - Valves - Surgery. I. Borman, Joseph B. II. Gotsman, Mervyn S., 1935[DNLM: 1. Heart valve disease - in infancy and childhood. 2. Rheumatic heart disease - In infancy and childhood. WG240 R472] RJ426. R54R5 618.92'127 80-17094 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980. Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1980
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Contents
List of Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VI Acknowledgement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIII Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. IX S.T Halfon and AM. Davies: Epidemiology and Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C. M.Oakley: Acute Rheumatic Carditis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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V J. Ferrans and W.C. Roberts: Pathology of Rheumatic Heart Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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B.S. Lewis and M.S. Gotsman: Natural History of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Childhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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M.S. Gotsman and B.S. Lewis: Preoperative Assessment of the Child with Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease . ..
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J. T. Davidson and S. Cotev: Anesthesia and Respiratory Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 112 A.T .S. Paul: Closed Mitral Commissurotomy in Children. . .
