Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba
Penicillin, an elixir to safeguard myocardial function in patients with rheumatic heart disease?
By Aryan Naghedi, Hasan Haghaninejad, Mohammadtaghi Sarebanhassanabadi and 1 others.
Abstract
Objective
Valvular heart diseases occur following different evitable and inevitable etiologies. Rheumatic valvular heart disease is among preventable etiologies and is almost disappeared in developed nations. In recent literature there are few low-quality evidences available about therapeutic efficacy of penicillin in maintaining and enhancing myocardial function in patients with rheumatic heart disease. In present study we aimed to investigate importance of penicillin in maintaining myocardial function indices within normal range.
