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Update on rheumatic heart disease
Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2016The purpose is to provide a broad overview of the current state of knowledge of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).Studies on pathogenesis of RHD have focused on autoimmunity because of molecular mimicry between the streptococcal M antigen α-helical coiled-coil structure and sarcomeric proteins such as myosin and ...
Bobby, Yanagawa +2 more
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1988
The symptoms associated with individual valve lesions have been described, but can now be summarised in general.
John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
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The symptoms associated with individual valve lesions have been described, but can now be summarised in general.
John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
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Rheumatic heart disease in India
Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 1995A cross-sectional study was carried out in rural areas of Jawan Block, District Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, covering a total population of 3760 drawn from 11 villages. The total number of confirmed cases of rheumatic heart disease was 24 with a prevalence rate of 6.4 per 1000 of the general rural population. The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease
A K, Agarwal +3 more
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Rheumatic Heart Disease and Dextrocardia
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1964Acquired valvular lesions are rarely associated with dextrocardia and situs inversus. Very few hemodynamic data are available in these observations. We felt that a case of mitral stenosis in which combined cardiac catheterization was performed would be worth reporting. This patient, moreover, had undergone commissurotomy seven years earlier. Report of
P, BOPP, P, BUSSAT, J, LEMONNIER
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Awareness of rheumatic heart disease
The Lancet, 2006In January, 2006, a 7-year-old Fijian girl presented to a district health centre in the Central Division of Fiji with cough, marked shortness of breath, left knee pain, and abdominal pain. She was noted to be seriously ill at this time with severe respiratory distress. She was started on oxygen and intravenous penicillin and was immediately transferred
Andrew C, Steer +4 more
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Autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the heart
Hospital Medicine, 1999Involvement of the heart is a common finding in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Although clinically silent changes are common, potentially life-threatening manifestations are well known but early recognition is important if appropriate therapy is to be instituted.
S, Hussain, D A, Isenberg
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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequelae, Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), contribute significantly to the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Generally considered a disease of poverty and poor socio-economic conditions, RHD affects the population at the most productive phase of their life.
Balaji, Arvind +1 more
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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: An Overview
Tropical Doctor, 1999Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are still major causes of disease in the developing world today. Diagnosis and prevention, particularly secondary prophylaxis, will become even more important as increased urbanization, with greater population pressure and economic problems, increase the prevalence.
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Prophylaxis of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
New England Journal of Medicine, 1959ACUTE rheumatic fever is a repetitive disease, and recurrences have been observed in 50 to 70 per cent of persons so afflicted.1 2 3 4 Bland and Jones,5 , 6 in a twenty-year follow-up study of 1000...
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