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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, Dalsbø, Therese Kristine   +1 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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Rheumatic Heart Disease among Pregnant Women with Cardiac Diseases in a Tertiary Care Center of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Cardiac disease in pregnancy is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in women, particularly in resource limited countries like Nepal. Rheumatic Heart Disease is the commonest cardiac disease complicating pregnancy.
Basant Sharma, Eliza Koirala, Sudhir Regmi, Jaya Dhungana, Bandana Khanal Neupane, Suraj Bhattarai   +5 more
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Compliance to the secondary prophylaxis and awareness of rheumatic heart disease: A cross-sectional study in low-income province of India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable problem and regular secondary prophylaxis and proper awareness about this disease among common people may reduce the burden of this disease in any region.
Arun Prasad, Abhiranjan Prasad, Birendra K Singh, Sanjeev Kumar   +3 more
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Sixteen year retrospective analysis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic heart disease patients undergoing valve procedures at Groote Schuur Hospital first incidence single aortic and mitral valve replacement [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most common cause of valvular heart lesions requiring replacement or repair procedures worldwide.
Ogunrombi, Akinwumi Babatunde
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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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Evaluating efficiency and equity of prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis

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, Shankar Prinja, MD, Gaurav Jyani, MPH, Pankaj Bahuguna, PhD, Ankur Gupta, DM, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Rajesh Kumar, MD   +6 more
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The Veituberi Approach Transforming RHD Through Patient Leadership and Lived Experience

Proceedings
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a complication of untreated Strep A infections, is a major global health concern [...]
Erini Kala, Marika Yalimaiwai, Maria Mow, Jimaima Kailawadoko-Matanaicake, Joseph Kado   +4 more
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The kidney in rheumatic heart disease [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1962
Histological evidence of glomerulonephritis is reported in 95 (38·6%) of a series of 246 necropsies with concomitant rheumatic carditis. The details of these findings are given and their significance is discussed.
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THE HEART DISEASE OF CHOREA AND RHEUMATISM. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1885
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