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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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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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Cytokines as a predictor of progression to valvular disease in children with rheumatic fever [PDF]

, 2006
The immunologic basis of rheumatic fever is well established. However the role of penicillin in the control of the rheumatic process and the prevention of development of rheumatic heart disease is poorly understood.Objectivethe objective of this study ...
Abul-fadl, Azza, Hady, Soha Abdel, Gad, Nevine   +2 more
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Secondary Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepal: Are We Going Backward?

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
A secondary level of prophylaxis has proven to be the most successful in Nepal, a country with an endemic rate of rheumatic heart disease, in combating the severe issues associated with rheumatic heart disease.
Prakash Raj Regmi, Mandip Dhungel, Riju Kafle   +2 more
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Clinical Outcomes in 3343 Children and Adults with Rheumatic Heart Disease from 14 Low and Middle Income Countries: 2-Year Follow-up of the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study) [PDF]

, 2016
Background: There are few contemporary data on the mortality and morbidity associated with rheumatic heart disease or information on their predictors.
Abdissa, Senbeta G, Abul Fadl, Azza, Adeoye, Abiodun M, Al-Kebsi, Mohammed M, Amusa, Ganiyu A, Begna, Dufera M, Bode-Thomas, Fidelia, Cupido, Blanche, Damasceno, Albertino, Daniel, Wandimu, Daniels, Rezeen, Desta, Araya G, ElHassan, Huda, ElSayed, Ahmed, Engel, Mark E, Francis, Veronica, Gitura, Bernard, Goshu, Dejuma Yadeta, Haileamlak, Abraham, Hugo-Hamman, Christopher, Ibrahim, Ahmed S, Ige, Olukemi, Islam, Shofiqul, Karthikeyan, Ganesan, Kennedy, Neil, Lwabi, Peter, Mackie, Pam, Mauff, Katya, Mayosi, Bongani M, Misra, Rajeev, Mntla, Pindile S, Mocumbi, Ana Olga, Mondo, Charles, Mucumbitsi, Joseph, Musuku, John, Ogah, Okechukwu S, Ogendo, Stephen, Ojji, Dike B, Okeahialam, Basil, Okello, Emmy, Olunuga, Taiwo, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Sani, Mahmoud U, Shasho, Bekele A, Sheta, Sahar S, Sutton, Christopher, Teo, Koon, Yilgwan, Christopher C, Yusuf, Salim, Zühlke, Liesl   +49 more
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Rheumatic heart disease [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2015
A 65-year-old man with a medical history of rheumatic fever in childhood reported thoracic pain while at work and collapsed. He died in the ambulance on the way to hospital due to ventricular fibrillation. After the few episodes of rheumatic fever with subsequent pancarditis in childhood, the patient suffered from recurrent arrhythmias throughout his ...
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Rheumatic Heart Disease among Pregnant Women with Cardiac Diseases in a Tertiary Care Center of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Cardiac disease in pregnancy is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in women, particularly in resource limited countries like Nepal. Rheumatic Heart Disease is the commonest cardiac disease complicating pregnancy.
Basant Sharma, Eliza Koirala, Sudhir Regmi, Jaya Dhungana, Bandana Khanal Neupane, Suraj Bhattarai   +5 more
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Pilot study of nurse-led rheumatic heart disease echocardiography screening in Fiji - a novel approach in a resource-poor setting [PDF]

, 2012
We designed a pilot study of a training module for nurses to perform rheumatic heart disease echocardiography screening in a resource-poor setting. The aim was to determine whether nurses given brief, focused, basic training in echocardiography could ...
Carapetis, Jonathan R., Colquhoun, Samantha M., Kado, Joseph, May, William, Reeves, Benjamin, Remenyi, Bo, Steer, Andrew, Wilson, Nigel   +7 more
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Evaluating the Relationship between Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease ‌and Coronary Artery Diseases in Patient with Stable Angina in Isfahan City, Iran

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Rheumatic heart disease and coronary artery diseases (CAD) are two of main health problems in developing countries. Rheumatic valvular heart disease is less common than coronary artery diseases but it has its importance.
Faezeh Farhang, Zahra Alizadeh, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Ali Pourmoghaddas, Ghasem Yadegarfar   +4 more
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Compliance to the secondary prophylaxis and awareness of rheumatic heart disease: A cross-sectional study in low-income province of India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable problem and regular secondary prophylaxis and proper awareness about this disease among common people may reduce the burden of this disease in any region.
Arun Prasad, Abhiranjan Prasad, Birendra K Singh, Sanjeev Kumar   +3 more
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