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Rheumatic heart disease in The Gambia: clinical and valvular aspects at presentation and evolution under penicillin prophylaxis

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains the leading cause of cardiac-related deaths and disability in children and young adults worldwide. In The Gambia, the RHD burden is thought to be high although no data are available and no control programme is yet implemented. We conducted a pilot st...

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Autores principales:	Jaiteh, Lamin E. S., Drammeh, Lamin, Anderson, Suzanne T., Mendy, John, Ceesay, Samba, D’Alessandro, Umberto, Carapetis, Jonathan, Mirabel, Mariana, Erhart, Annette
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34663206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02308-8

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