title: Mital valve disease with rheumatic appearance in the presence of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.
abstract: This is a report of a nine-year-old boy with both mitral stenosis and regurgitation and extensive endomyocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle. Focus is given to the singularity of the fibrotic process, with an emphasis on the etiopatho-genic aspects.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Barão de Lucena e Hospital das Clínicas da UFPE-Recife, Brazil.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brindeiro Filho
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lira
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*