Rheumatic heart disease - Open Access .click

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple recurrent episodes of the illness, is known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and is a notable cause of ...
Jonathan R, Carapetis +10 more
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Primary health care approach to rheumatic heart disease management [PDF]

South African Family Practice
The primary health care (PHC) approach to rheumatic heart disease emphasises preventing initial episodes of rheumatic fever through primary prevention, avoiding recurrences by secondary prevention and ensuring long-term follow-up and an effective ...
Ruchika Meel, Ramprakash Kaswa
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humans
rheumatic fever
3. good health

acute rheumatic fever
valvular heart disease
public aspects of medicine

medicine general
heart diseases
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