Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease and its risk factors among cardiac patients in taif city, ksa
Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine [The]. 2018; 72 (11): 5616-5622
in English
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| ID: emr-200044
ABSTRACT
Background:
exposure of the body's connective tissue to group A â-hemolytic streptococci, after an infection, causes an inflammatory response called Rheumatic fever [RF]. When the heart's connective tissue is affected, the condition is called Rheumatic heart disease [RDH]
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Language:
English
Journal:
Egypt. J. Hosp. Med.
Year:
2018
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