Publications by authors named "Caroline Rodrigues Fernandes"
Predictors of Unfavourable Outcomes in Children and Adolescents Submitted to Surgical Mitral Valvuloplasty Secondary to Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease.
Renata Cristina Castro Cruz Bruna Silva Cordeiro Felipe de Souza Santos Caroline Rodrigues Fernandes Julia Maria Alves Gama
Arq Bras Cardiol
April 2020
Background: Mitral valve repair in paediatric patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease is superior to valve replacement and has been used with good results.
Objective: To identify predictors of unfavourable outcomes in children and adolescents submitted to surgical mitral valvuloplasty secondary to rheumatic heart disease.
Methods: Retrospective study of 54 patients under the age of 16 operated at a tertiary paediatric hospital between March 2011 and January 2017.