Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are still important community health problem in developing countries. The aim of this diagnostic test was to determine the diagnostic role of plain chest roentgenogram in patients with rheumatic mitral valvular disease. Subjects were patients with rheumatic mitral disease without other vular lesions, congenital heart disease, or anemia, who visited th…
This retrospective study aimed to review the clinical features and management of patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD 2 degree). The subjects studied were 90 boys (39.8 percent) and 136 girls (60.2 percent), treated at the Outpatient Clinic, Cardiology Division, Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1992. Cl…