Community-based prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in rural Ethiopia: Five-year follow-up.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Tadesse Gemechu (लेखक), Eldryd H O Parry (लेखक), Magdi H Yacoub (लेखक), David I W Phillips (लेखक), Susy Kotit (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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<h4>Background</h4>As little is known about the prevalence and clinical progression of subclinical (latent) rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in sub-Saharan Africa, we report the results of a 5 year follow-up of a community based, echocardiographic study of the disease, originally carried ou...