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Mid-term outcome of children with latent rheumatic heart disease in eastern Nepal [PDF]

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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The challenge of screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in South Africa [PDF]

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Co-Developing Strategies for Patient Engagement in Decentralized Rheumatic Heart Disease Care: Lessons from Northern Uganda [PDF]

Global Heart
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) requires long-term secondary antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent disease progression, yet sustained patient engagement remains challenging in many low- and middle-income countries.
Jafesi Pulle, Lisa Vaughn, Isaac Otim, Doreen Nakagaayi, Michaela Pardo, Sarah deLoizaga, McCall Miller, Joselyn Rwebembera, Emmy Okello, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Kristen Danforth, Andrea Beaton, David Watkins, James Kayima   +13 more
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Rheumatic Heart Disease in Asia [PDF]

Circulation, 2008
A few years ago, my colleagues and I conducted a systematic review of data relating to the global burden of group A streptococcal diseases.1,2 Population-based data on rheumatic heart disease prevalence from 1985 through 2002 were included. We estimated that there were a minimum of 15.6 million people in the world with rheumatic heart disease, with 282
Jonathan R Carapetis
exaly   +3 more sources

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, Gnanavelu Ganesan, S Venkatesan, S Saravana Babu   +3 more
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Disease Modifying Therapies for Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease: Promise, Mechanisms, and the Road Ahead. [PDF]

JACC Asia
Un KC, Wong CK.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatic and Non-Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease [PDF]

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, Asim Javed, Muhammad Abdus Salam Azad, Qaiser Khan   +3 more
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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: updates for clinical practice. [PDF]

Aust Prescr
Noonan S, Marangou J, Currie BJ, Wade V, Ralph AP.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Adults with congenital heart disease: the patients' perspective. [PDF]

Over the last 50 years technical and other advances have resulted in more than 90% of children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) surviving and reaching adulthood.
Lyon, Joy E.
core   +9 more sources

Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Series Emphasizing Gaps in Access to Definitive Care. [PDF]

Clin Med Insights Cardiol
Mwemezi P, Nyakunga GB, Lwiza AF, Peter SC, Lazarus H, Kyilyosudu H, Kabuka B, Sadiq AM.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources