Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register based programmes

Despite dramatic gains of the last century, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world

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Published in:Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2005-09, Vol.91 (9), p.1131-1133
Main Authors: McDonald, M, Brown, A, Noonan, S, Carapetis, J R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute rheumatic fever
Antibiotics
ARF
Australia - epidemiology
Cardiovascular disease
Committees
Community
Disease prevention
disease registers
Funding
Hospitals
Humans
Informed Consent
Mortality
prevention
Primary care
Privacy
Prostheses
Registries
RHD
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic Fever - epidemiology
Rheumatic Fever - prevention & control
rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease - epidemiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - prevention & control
Secondary Prevention
Ultrasonic imaging
WHO
World Health Organization
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Summary:Despite dramatic gains of the last century, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.2004.057570