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Tertiary prevention and treatment of rheumatic heart disease: a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group summary

Vervoort, Dominique; Yilgwan, Christopher Sabo; Ansong, annette; Baumgartner, Jennifer N; Bansal, Geetha; Bukhman, Gene; Cannon, Jeffrey W; Cardarelli, Marcelo; Cunningham, Madeleine W; Fenton, Kathleen; Parker, Melissa Green; Karthikeyan, Ganesan; Masterson, Mary; Maswime, Salome; Mensah, George A; Mocumbi, Ana.

BMJ glob. health; 8 (9), 2023

Although entirely preventable, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease of poverty and social disadvantage resulting in high morbidity and mortality, remains an ever-present burden in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and rural, remote, marginalised and disenfranchised populations within hig...

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.), Cardiopatia Reumática/prevenção & controle, Cardiopatia Reumática/epidemiologia, Prevenção Terciária, Doenças Cardiovasculares, Saúde Pública

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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

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 ...