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Research priorities for the secondary prevention and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop report

Karthikeyan, ganesan; Watkins, david; Bukhman, gene; Cunningham, madeleine W; Masterson, mary; Mocumbi, ana; Mensah, george A; Muhamed, babu; Okello, emmy; Sotoodehnia, nona.
BMJ glob. health; 8 (9), 2023
Secondary prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) involves continuous antimicrobial prophylaxis among affected individuals and is recognised as a cornerstone of public health programmes that address these conditions. However, several important scientific issues around ...
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.), Febre Reumática, Febre Reumática/prevenção & controle, Cardiopatia Reumática/diagnóstico, Cardiopatia Reumática/prevenção & controle, Prevenção Secundária
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Out-of-pocket costs in rheumatic heart disease care: A major barrier to equity in cardiovascular health

Mocumbi, Ana Olga.
Indian heart j; 73 (2021), 2021
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) results from untreated and often repetitive episodes of Rheumatic Fever (RF), which in turn is caused by uncontrolled group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GAS) infection in a susceptible host. In endemic areas for RHD the disease starts during childhood or adolescence, thus...
Sistema Cardiovascular, Febre Reumática, Cardiopatia Reumática/diagnóstico, Cardiopatia Reumática/epidemiologia, Penicilina G Benzatina/uso terapêutico, Prevenção Secundária
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Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening

Marijon, Eloi; Ou, Phalla; Celermajer, David S; Ferreira, Beatriz; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Jani, Dinesh; Paquet, Christophe; Jacob, Sophie; Sidi, Daniel; Jouven, Xavier.
N. Engl. j. med; 357 (5), 2007
Background: Epidemiologic studies of the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease have used clinical screening with echocardiographic confirmation of suspected cases. We hypothesized that echocardiographic screening of all surveyed children would show a significantly higher prevalence of rheumatic heart dis...
Camboja/epidemiologia, Ecocardiografia, Programas de Rastreamento/métodos, Cardiopatia Reumática/diagnóstico, Cardiopatia Reumática/diagnóstico por imagem, Cardiopatia Reumática/epidemiologia, Moçambique/epidemiologia
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