title: Medical and surgical treatment of rheumatic mitral and aortic valve disease.
abstract: A retrospective study of 196 patients with rheumatic mitral and aortic valve disease seen at a district general hospital was carried out. Patients having surgical intervention for their valvular disease had a better survival at 10 years (81 per cent +/- 7 per cent) compared to those managed medically (56 per cent +/- 8.5 per cent). This superiority was maintained, both for survival and symptomatic improvement, when individual valve lesions were considered.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents