ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Long-term evolution of mitral commissurotomy in rheumatic patients with low echocardiographic score

Luciano Rapold SOUZA; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff; Osanam Amorim Leite Filho; Luiz Francisco Cardoso; Noedir Antonio Groppo Stolf

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110012

^IDoctor of Science from the School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Head of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital Portugues de Salvador, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ^IIDoctor of Medicine, FMUSP, Medical Assistant of the Surgical Unit of Valve Disease, Heart Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP (InCor - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil ^IIIAssociate Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP, Director of Valve Disease Surgical Unit of InCor - HC-FMUSP) São Paulo, Brazil ^IVGraduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Piauí, Graduate Student in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil ^VAssociate Professor, FMUSP, Assistant of the Valve Disease Clinic of InCor - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil ^VIProfessor of Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP, Director of Surgery Division of InCor - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

Correspondence
Luciano Rapold Souza
Alameda das Samambaias, 375, casa 4 - Piatã
Salvador, BA, Brasil - CEP 41650-230
E-mail: luciano.rapold@ig.com.br