Rheumatic heart disease

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9819, 2012, Pages 953-964

  Marijon, Eloi ^a,b,c   Mirabel, Mariana ^a,b,d   Celermajer, David S ^e   Jouven, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Maputo Heart Institute (ICOR)   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN V; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFANILAMIDE;

CHOREA MINOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG PRESSURE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL CARE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84858019907     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61171-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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