High burden of rheumatic heart disease confirmed by echocardiography among Pacific adults living in New Zealand

BACKGROUND: Despite numerous echocardiographic screening studies of children in high incidence acute rheumatic fever (ARF)/rheumatic heart disease (RHD) communities, little is known about the prevalence of RHD in adults in these populations. We sought to determine the prevalence of RHD in an urban a...

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Autores principales: Webb, Rachel, Culliford-Semmens, Nicola, ChanMow, Andrew, Doughty, Robert, Tilton, Elizabeth, Peat, Briar, Stirling, John, Gentles, Thomas L, Wilson, Nigel J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
Materias:
Health Care Delivery, Economics and Global Health Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10186474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37121603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2023-002253

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10186474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37121603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2023-002253

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