Contemporary issues in rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease

Circulation. 2014 Dec 9;130(24):2181-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009857.

Authors

Mohammed R Essop¹, Ferande Peters²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, CH-Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. [email protected].
² From the Division of Cardiology, CH-Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 25602946
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009857

No abstract available

Keywords: diagnosis; echocardiography; epidemiology; rheumatic heart disease.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Global Health / trends*
Humans
Mass Screening
Prevalence
Rheumatic Fever* / diagnosis
Rheumatic Fever* / epidemiology
Rheumatic Fever* / therapy
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / diagnosis
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / epidemiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / therapy