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Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease among School Students in a Rural Area of Minia District and the Role of Family Living Conditions as a Risk Factor [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research
Background:  In low-income nations, Rheumatic valvular heart disease remains a major cause of morbidity and premature deaths. Accurate prevalence data in Egypt are still lacking yet highly desirable to facilitate healthcare planning.
Nagia El-shokrany, Marwa Abdelrehim, Sarah Refaie, Refaat Sadek   +3 more
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Rheumatic Heart Disease: Is It Reversible?

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.
openaire   +2 more sources

Immunosuppressive Drug Use in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: An International Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis but are less clear on their use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) in the absence of internal organ complications. We conducted an international survey to understand current immunosuppressive drug prescribing patterns in lcSSc ...
Sabrina Hoa, Yicheng Mu, Marie Hudson, Janet Pope   +3 more
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Rheumatic heart disease in Tennessee: An overlooked diagnosis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014
Rheumatic heart disease, already a major burden in low- and middle-income countries, is becoming an emerging problem in high-income countries. Although acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease have almost been eradicated in areas with ...
Shahana A Choudhury, Vernat Exil
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Clinical case of chronic rheumatic heart disease that was not diagnosed during patient’s lifetime [PDF]

КардиоСоматика, 2018
The article presents a clinical case of chronic rheumatic heart disease that was not diagnosed during patient’s lifetime because it had been looking like cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure with tricuspid valve disease.
N. Yu Tsibulskaya, E. I Harkov
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INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE T O SALMONELLA TYPHI

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2004
Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) remains an important predisposing lesion for infective endocarditis (IE) in developing countries. IE due to Salmonella typhi is rare but associated with potentially morbid complications.We report a case of Salmonella typhi ...
Basudha Khanal, S K Sharma, M Deb
doaj   +1 more source

The Gut–Heart Axis in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence From a Large Prospective Early Disease Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Cardiac involvement significantly impacts prognosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), highlighting the need for early risk stratification. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common and often manifest early. Emerging data suggest a link between GI and cardiac manifestations, possibly through shared mechanisms like dysautonomia.
Francesca R. Di Ciommo, Ashish P. Balar, Aidan K. Strother, Subhash Kulkarni, Michael Hughes, Brian Skaug, Maureen D. Mayes, Shervin Assassi, Ali Y. Ayla, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +9 more
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Rheumatic Heart Disease: Pathophysiology and Management [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Background: Rheumatic heart disease, which is frequently disregarded by the media and decision-makers, is a significant burden in poor nations where it accounts for the majority of youth cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, resulting in around 250,000
Abdel Salam Sherif, Mohammad Mohamed, Ilham Ahmeedah, Mohamed Abdelbasit   +3 more
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐World Safety and Effectiveness of JAK Inhibitors in Systemic Sclerosis: A Propensity‐Matched Study From the EUSTAR Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have shown promising effects in early‐phase studies of systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to assess the safety and explore the effectiveness of JAKi compared to conventional immunosuppressants in SSc. Methods A longitudinal retrospective study of the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) cohort was ...
Stefano Di Donato, Marie‐Elise Truchetet, Marco Minerba, Oliver Distler, Juan José Alegre Sancho, Yolanda Braun‐Moscovici, Christina Bergmann, Petros Sfikakis, Jeska K. de Vries‐Bouwstra, Murray Baron, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Lorenzo Dagna, Christopher P. Denton, Madelon C. Vonk, Vanessa Smith, Ivan Castellvi, Gabriela Riemekasten, Andra Balanescu, Masataka Kuwana, Maria De Santis, Kamal Solanki, Anastas Batalov, Vahan Mukuchyan, Marco Matucci‐Cerinic, Yannick Allanore, Francesco Del Galdo, Michael Hughes, EUSTAR Collaborators   +27 more
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