The high burden of rheumatic heart disease found on autopsy in Fiji

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-69

  Singh, Pritinesh I P K ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^b,c   Buadromo, Eka M ^a   Samberkar, Prashant N ^a   Steer, Andrew C ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Fiji Group A Streptococcal Project   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Mortality; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FIJI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38949214996     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001734     Document Type: Article

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