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Quadruple valve replacement in a patient with severe rheumatic heart disease

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We present a patient with rheumatic heart disease involving all the heart valves. An intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography confirmed severe mitral stenosis, severe aortic regurgitation, severe tricuspid regurgitation and stenosis, and severe pulmonary stenosis. The patient underwent successful quadruple valve replacement during a single operation at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

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  1. The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

    Isaac Adembesa MBchB MMed

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Adriaan Myburgh MBchB DA FRCA & Justiaan Swanevelder MBchB DA FCA FRCA

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Adembesa, I., Myburgh, A. & Swanevelder, J. Quadruple valve replacement in a patient with severe rheumatic heart disease. Echo Res Pract 5, K47–K51 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-18-0005

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