Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a severe, chronic complication of acute rheumatic fever, triggered by group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Centralized patient registries are recommended for RHD prevention and control, but none exists in American Samoa. Using existing RHD tracking systems,...

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Autores principales: Woodruff, Rebecca C., Eliapo‐Unutoa, Ipuniuesea, Chiou, Howard, Gayapa, Maria, Noonan, Sara, Podila, Pradeep S. B., Rayle, Victoria, Sanchez, Guillermo, Tulafono, Ray, Van Beneden, Chris A., Ritchey, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34612073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.020424

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34612073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.020424

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