ABSTRACT
To assess long-term survival and anticoagulant-related complications after mechanical valve replacement in adolescents with rheumatic heart disease, 88 patients aged Subject(s)
Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
, Heart Valve Diseases/surgery
, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
, Rheumatic Heart Disease/surgery
, Adolescent
, Anticoagulants/adverse effects
, Child
, Female
, Follow-Up Studies
, Heart Valve Diseases/mortality
, Heart Valve Prosthesis
, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/adverse effects
, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/instrumentation
, Hemorrhage/chemically induced
, Hospital Mortality
, Humans
, Kaplan-Meier Estimate
, Male
, Prospective Studies
, Prosthesis Design
, Rheumatic Heart Disease/mortality
, Stroke/etiology
, Stroke/mortality
, Stroke/prevention & control
, Thrombosis/etiology
, Thrombosis/mortality
, Thrombosis/prevention & control
, Time Factors
, Treatment Outcome