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…Introduction Maternal cardiac disease is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in East Afric…

…l valve repair and recent redo mitral valve surgery, as well as atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation, who developed acute expressive aphasia post…

…Background The burden of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a significant health …

…Introduction Detection and treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis in children reduces acute rheumatic fever by 70–80%. However, i…

…Introduction Rheumatic heart disease, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-in…

…, missing a lot of school. Her mother was largely bedbound from rheumatic heart disease, so the GP was a frequent visitor—he even arranged for his youn…

…s and immune-mediated conditions such as acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Contemporary d…

…elated degenerative changes as well as the rising prevalence of rheumatic heart disease.1 Cross-sectional epidemiological studies in the general adult …

…Introduction Primary prevention of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is aimed at timely diagnosis and treatment of superficial…

…determine age-specific and age-standardised incidence trends of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) or rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among Indigenous Western…

…Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is much prevalent in low/middle-income  country like Indi…

…urrence. We aim to bring attention to this finding in a case of colorectal adenocarcinoma.An early 60s-year-old female presented with bleeding per rectum…