title: [Importance of myocardial function in the clinical course of patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease (author's transl)].
abstract: Data obtained from cardiac catheterism have been compared to early postoperative and long-term surgical results in a group of patients with chronic valvular heart disease operated on during a 3-year period. Drawn conclusions, although of limited value due to the small number of patients and the short time of follow-up, pointed toward a negative influence upon the clinical course of patients either with aortic regurgitation or double aortic valvulopathy, when the ejection fraction and the speed of circumferential shortening were markedly decreased.
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Importancia de la función miocárdica en la evolución de la valvulopatía reumática.