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Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Implications for Closing the Gap: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Circulation, 2020
The global burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be significant although it is largely limited to poor and marginalized populations. In most endemic regions, affected patients present with heart failure.
Raman Krishna Kumar, Manuel J Antunes, A. Beaton, M. Mirabel, V. Nkomo, E. Okello, P. Regmi, Bo Remenyi, Karen Sliwa-Hähnle, Liesl Zühlke, Craig A. Sable   +10 more
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Contemporary Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Using Linked Data: The Case for Policy Change

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background In 2018, the World Health Organization prioritized control of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), including disease surveillance.
J. Katzenellenbogen, D. Bond-Smith, R. Seth, K. Dempsey, J. Cannon, I. Stacey, V. Wade, N. de Klerk, M. Greenland, F. Sanfilippo, A. Brown, J. Carapetis, R. Wyber, L. Nedkoff, J. Hung, D. Bessarab, A. Ralph   +16 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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Effectiveness of Systematic Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepalese Schoolchildren

JAMA cardiology, 2021
Key Points Question Is echocardiographic screening of schoolchildren in regions with an endemic pattern of rheumatic heart disease followed by secondary antibiotic prophylaxis in children with evidence of subclinical rheumatic heart disease effective in ...
P. Karki, S. Uranw, Santosh Bastola, R. Mahato, N. Shrestha, K. Sherpa, S. Dhungana, A. Odutayo, Keshar Gurung, N. Pandey, K. Agrawal, P. Shah, M. Rothenbühler, P. Jüni, T. Pilgrim   +14 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, Sharma, Nava Raj, Pokhrel, Madalasa, Panthi, Bishal, Bist, Manoj   +4 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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A proposed role for sepsis in the pathogenesis of myocardial calcification [PDF]

, 2017
Myocardial calcification is a rare and life-threatening condition that is a recognised complication of ischaemic heart disease, cardiac surgery, rheumatic fever and myocarditis.
AROMATARIO, MARIAROSARIA, Ashrafian, Hutan, Athanasiou, Thanos, Bower, Guy, CAPPELLETTI, SIMONE, CIALLELLA, Costantino, Harling, Leanne, Lee, Liang Mei   +7 more
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Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000–2018

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
These conditions disproportionately affect Māori and Pacific Islanders, particularly those living in high socioeconomic deprivation.
Julie Bennett, Jane Zhang, William Leung, S. Jack, J. Oliver, R. Webb, N. Wilson, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, M. Harwood, M. Baker   +9 more
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Meta-Analysis of the Incidence, Prevalence, and Correlates of Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Heart Disease

Global Heart, 2020
Objective: To estimate the incidence, prevalence, and correlates of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a global population with rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Methods: Bibliographic databases were searched to identify all published studies providing data on AF ...
J. Noubiap, U. Nyaga, A. Ndoadoumgue, J. Nkeck, Anderson T Ngouo, J. Bigna   +5 more
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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Kimberley: using hospitalisation data to find cases and describe trends

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of hospitalisations due to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) and use these data to improve completeness of the WA RHD Register. Methods:
Jacqueline Murdoch, Stephanie Davis, Janice Forrester, Lynette Masuda, Carole Reeve   +4 more
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