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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...
Autores principales: | Webb, Rachel, Culliford-Semmens, Nicola, ChanMow, Andrew, Doughty, Robert, Tilton, Elizabeth, Peat, Briar, Stirling, John, Gentles, Thomas L, Wilson, Nigel J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023
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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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