Long-term outcomes from acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 222-232

  He, Vincent Y F ^a   Condon, John R ^a   Ralph, Anna P ^a,b   Zhao, Yuejen ^c   Roberts, Kathryn ^a,b   De Dassel, Jessica L ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a,b   Fittock, Marea ^d   Edwards, Keith N ^b,d   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^e,f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Health Gains Planning Branch   (Australia)

^d Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; comorbidity; complications; heart failure; rheumatic heart disease; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SMOKING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978715564     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.020966     Document Type: Article

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