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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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With Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Mild Rheumatic Heart Disease Rarely Progresses Over 5 Years [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Joselyn Rwebembera, Craig Sable, Anneke C Grobler, Jafesi Pulle, Amy Scheel, Atukunda Mucunguzi, Alison M Spaziani, Daniel Engelman, Jonathan Carapetis, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Peter Lwabi, Liesl Zühlke, Maria C P Nunes, Nigel Wilson, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Emma Ndagire, Christine Mwaka Okwera, Susan Akullo, Julious Etyang, Alannah Rudkin, Rachel Sarnacki, Miriam Nakitto, Brenda Atim, Emmy Okello, Andrew Steer, Andrea Beaton   +25 more
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Spectrum of Mortality from Circulatory Diseases in China from 2004 to 2015 [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
BackgroundTwo circulatory diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have become the leading death causes in China, and their morbidity and mortality are still rising.
JIANG Shenyi, YU Xiaosong
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Treatment adherence and its determinants among the rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease patients during COVID 19 pandemic – A cross sectional study from Chandigarh, India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Background: Rheumatic heart disease/Rheumatic fever is a non – communicable disease being a major neglected health problem. Recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever can have catastrophic outcomes, therefore regular administration of antibiotics is ...
Divya Ilanchoorian, J. S. Thakur, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Ankur K. Jindal, Aravind Gandhi, Vivek Sagar   +5 more
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Bridging the gap between science and indigenous cosmologies: Rheumatic Heart Disease Champions4Change [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2022
Australia has articulated a commitment to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) by 2031. Business as usual will not achieve this goal. Diverse sectors need to work together in implementing complementary strategies towards this ambitious target ...
Maida Stewart, Vicki Wade
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Presentation and outcome of patients managed for Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria

Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Rheumatic heart disease occurs as a sequel to acute rheumatic fever. Many cases of acute rheumatic fever, however, go undiagnosed as many patients present with otherwise common symptoms and in the absence of overt carditis may go undetected ...
Aira A. Olorukooba, Mariya A. Garba, Abdullahi Musa, Nazir Hamisu, Hafsat Ibrahim, Kazeem Aliyu   +5 more
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Mid-term outcome of children with latent rheumatic heart disease in eastern Nepal

Open Heart, 2021
Introduction Systematic echocardiographic screening of children in regions with an endemic pattern of rheumatic heart disease allows for the early detection of valvular lesions suggestive of subclinical rheumatic heart disease.
Nikesh Raj Shrestha, Dorothea Bruelisauer, Surendra Uranw, Rajan Mahato, Kunjang Sherpa, Krishna Agrawal, Martina Rothenbühler, Prahlad Karki, Thomas Pilgrim   +8 more
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Promising approaches to early diagnosis of chronic rheumatic heart disease

Наука и инновации в медицине, 2022
Aim to determine the prevalence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and chronic rheumatic heart disease (HRHD) in adults on the example of the Samara region and to propose measures for the early detection and prevention of valvular heart lesions.
Galina V. Santalova, Andrei A. Garanin, Petr A. Lebedev, Maksim E. Kuzin, Olga V. Tereshina   +4 more
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Study of streptococcal antibody (anti-streptolysin O) among healthy children in Bangladesh

SAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Objectives: The standard reference value of anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titre for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever (RF) in children is yet to be determined in Bangladesh.
Santosh Kumar Saha, Kamrun Nahar Choudhury, Salma Zareen, Sabrina Mousum, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, M Atiqul Haque   +5 more
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The “Cairo Accord”- Towards the Eradication of RHD: An Update

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults. It continues to be prevalent in many low- and middle-income countries where it causes significant morbidity and mortality.
Susy Kotit, David I. W. Phillips, Ahmed Afifi, Magdi Yacoub, Magdi Yacoub   +4 more
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