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Rheumatic heart disease screening: Current concepts and challenges

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty, is almost entirely preventable, and is the most common cardiovascular disease worldwide in those under 25 years. RHD is caused by acute rheumatic fever (ARF) which typically results in cumulative valvular lesions that may present clinically afte...

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Autores principales: Dougherty, Scott, Khorsandi, Maziar, Herbst, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163427
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.197051