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Rheumatic Heart Disease Is a Neglected Disease Relative to Its Burden Worldwide: Findings From Global Burden of Disease 2019

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) takes a heavy toll in low‐ and middle‐income countries. We aimed to present worldwide estimates for the burden of the RHD during 1990 to 2019 using the GBD (Global Burden of Disease) study.
S. Ghamari, M. Abbasi-Kangevari, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Arya Aminorroaya, N. Rezaei, Parnian Shobeiri, Zahra Esfahani, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, N. Rezaei, A. Ghanbari, M. Keykhaei, Mohammadreza Naderian, B. Larijani, Mohamad Taghi Majnoon, F. Farzadfar, A. Mokdad   +15 more
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Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Highlighting the Role of Group A Streptococcus in the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

Pathogens, 2022
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes superficial and invasive infections and immune mediated post-infectious sequalae (including acute rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease).
T. Auala, Ben’Lauro Goncalves Zavale, A. Mbakwem, A. Mocumbi   +3 more
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Recent Advances in the Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Continuum

Pathogens, 2022
Nearly a century after rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) was eradicated from the developed world, the disease remains endemic in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with grim health and socioeconomic impacts.
Joselyn Rwebembera, B. Nascimento, Neema W Minja, Sarah R. de Loizaga, T. Aliku, Luiza Pereira Afonso dos Santos, B. Galdino, Luiza Silame Corte, V. R. Silva, A. Chang, W. Dutra, M. C. Nunes, A. Beaton   +12 more
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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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Therapeutics for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Australian Prescriber, 2022
SUMMARY The goals of acute rheumatic fever therapy are to relieve symptoms, mitigate cardiac valve damage and eradicate streptococcal infection. Preventing future recurrences requires long-term secondary antibiotic prophylaxis and ongoing prevention of ...
A. Ralph, B. Currie
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Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart disease at an early, latent stage.
A. Beaton, E. Okello, Joselyn Rwebembera, A. Grobler, Daniel Engelman, Juliet Alepere, Lesley Canales, J. Carapetis, A. DeWyer, P. Lwabi, M. Mirabel, A. Mocumbi, M. Murali, M. Nakitto, E. Ndagire, M. C. Nunes, I. Omara, R. Sarnacki, Amy Scheel, N. Wilson, M. Zimmerman, L. Zühlke, G. Karthikeyan, C. Sable, A. Steer   +24 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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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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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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