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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 +14 more
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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 +4 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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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 These conditions disproportionately affect Māori and Pacific Islanders, particularly those living in high socioeconomic deprivation.
Julie Bennett +9 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +4 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2023 Summary: Background: There is a dearth of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of a combination of population-based primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Jyoti Dixit, PhD +6 more
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Rheumatic heart disease: current status of diagnosis and therapy.
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2020 Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the only preventable cardiovascular disease which causes significant morbidity and mortality particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
F. Peters +4 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart diseases is efficient in reducing disease recurrence, heart damage, and cardiac impairment. We aimed to monitor the clinical evolution of a large Brazilian cohort of rheumatic patients under prolonged secondary ...
Renato Pedro de Almeida Torres +11 more
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Journal of Indian College of Cardiology, 2021 Abstract Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to be responsible for the loss of millions of young productive lives worldwide, with a disproportionate burden being borne by the underdeveloped and economically disadvantaged strata of society. There is an urgent need to develop approaches to identify RHD in its early stages and
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