PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Khan
AU  - S Chi
AU  - L Gonzalez-Lavin
TI  - Aortic valve replacement during acute rheumatic fever.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.40.7.817
DP  - 1978 Jul 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 817--819
VI  - 40
IP  - 7
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/40/7/817.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/40/7/817.full
SO  - Heart1978 Jul 01; 40
AB  - Emergency aortic valve replacement was performed during an attack of acute rheumatic fever in a 12-year-old black boy. He had an uneventful recovery and has remained asymptomatic 27 months after operation. In the light of this experience and that of others, one might conclude that the decision to operate on these patients should be based on the severity of the haemodynamic derangement rather than on the state of activity in the rheumatic process.