Hee Jeong Lee, Iksung Cho, Dae-Young Kim, Jang-Won Son, Kang-Un Choi, Seonhwa Lee, In-Cheol Kim, Kyu-Yong Ko, Kyung Eun Ha, Seo-Yeon Gwak, Kyu Kim, Jiwon Seo, Hojeong Kim, Chi Young Shim, Jong-Won Ha, Hyungseop Kim, Geu-Ru Hong, Jagat Narula
BACKGROUND: The rapid economic development of South Korea provides a unique model to study changes in the clinical characteristics, treatment approaches, and clinical outcomes of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) relative to socioeconomic growth. METHODS: From the Multicenter mitrAl STEnosis with Rheumatic etiology (MASTER) registry, 2,337 patients diagnosed with moderate or severe rheumatic MS between January 2001 and December 2020 were analyzed. Patients were grouped into consecutive 5-year intervals based on their year of diagnosis...
May 6, 2024: Journal of Korean Medical Science