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The challenge of screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in South Africa
SA Heart Journal, 2017 Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain common in the population of South Africa. A recent screening study of asymptomatic schoolchildren in Mozambique and Cambodia makes a compelling case for a shift in the approach to screening for ...
Liesl Zühlke, Bongani M. Mayosi
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Quadrivalvular rheumatic heart disease
Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019 Rarely, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) involves all the four valves and causes could be rheumatic, congenital, infective, or degenerative. Here, we report a case of a 42-year-old female known case RHD for 30 years and underwent closed mitral ...
Deepak Ramchand Nenwani +3 more
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Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatic and Non-Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2018 Background:To study the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing valve surgery for rheumatic and non-rheumatic valvular heart disease.
Uzma Gul +3 more
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Rheumatic heart disease in Tennessee: An overlooked diagnosis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014 Rheumatic heart disease, already a major burden in low- and middle-income countries, is becoming an emerging problem in high-income countries. Although acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease have almost been eradicated in areas with ...
Shahana A Choudhury, Vernat Exil
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Prevalence Of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Children in Malwa Region Of MP
National Journal of Community Medicine, 2010 Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease continue to affect millions of people around the world. Children and adolescents of the developing countries are especially susceptible to this disease.
P. Yadav +4 more
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Heart surgery of severe rheumatic heart disease – a rapid review [PDF]
, 2021 Heart surgery such as valve repair or valve replacement may at some point become necessary for people with severe rheumatic heart disease. Research is lacking about the comparative effectiveness and safety of heart surgeries for people with severe ...
Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl +1 more
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Rheumatic heart disease in the heart of Himalayas
Annals of Medicine & Surgery, 2022 Rheumatic heart disease results from the damage to heart valves caused by one or more episodes of rheumatic fever leading to a variety of cardiac complications. Although less common in developed parts of the world, it is one of the most common acquired heart diseases in low- and middle-income countries including Nepal, affecting children and young ...
Lamichhane, Saral +4 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 +2 more
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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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Secondary prophylaxis with penicillin for rheumatic fever or established rheumatic heart disease [PDF]
, 2020 Prophylactic penicillin probably reduces rheumatic fever recurrences and streptococcal throat infections among children and adolescents with rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease (moderate certainty of evidence).
Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl +1 more
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