Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and associated factors among rheumatic heart disease patients in Ethiopia by Asmamaw Gedefaw, Yihealem Yabebal Ayele, Gebeyaw Wudie, Abiyot Tefera, Agerye Kassa Yirdaw, Tadele Demilew

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PPAR-α regulates metabolic remodelling and participates in myocardial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation of rheumatic heart disease by Xiaoying Hu, Daisong Jiang, Zheng Zhang, Zhenmei An

“…PPAR-α may participate in the pathogenesis of myocardial fibrosis in rheumatic heart disease AF by regulating glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, and mitochondrial function.…”
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End-User Experience of the 2012 WHF Echocardiographic Criteria for Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Global Survey by Lene Thorup, Cleonice Mota, Krishna Kumar, Joselyn Rwebembera, James Marangou, Julius Chacha Mwita, Kate Ralston, Bo Reményi, Andrea Beaton, Liesl Zühlke, Ana Olga Mocumbi

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Acceptability and Implementation Challenges of Benzathine Penicillin G Secondary Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study by Eshetie Melese Birru, Kevin T. Batty, Laurens Manning, Stephanie L. Enkel, Brioni R. Moore

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Multivalvular Heart Disease: A Bedside Case Discussion for Residents by Prerna Garg, Saurav Suman, Abhinav Jain

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Evaluating Community Engagement Strategies to Manage Stigma in Two African Genomics Studies Involving People Living with Schizophrenia or Rheumatic Heart Disease by Megan M. Campbell, Olivia P. Matshabane, Sibonile Mqulwana, Michael Mndini, Mohamed Nagdee, Dan J. Stein, Jantina De Vries

“…The workshop focused on participant experiences of living with schizophrenia or rheumatic heart disease (RHD). While the schizophrenia group reported more alienation and less stigma resistance than the RHD group, both groups demonstrated increased stigma resistance over time, after participating in the workshops. …”
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Anterolateral Minithoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery with Central Cannulation: A Three-year Single-Center Experience by Anil Sharma, Sunil Dixit, Mohit Sharma, Jai Kishan Suthar, Sourabh Mittal

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Rheumatic mitral stenosis with congenital bicuspid pulmonary valve and pulmonary artery aneurysm: Finding needle in a haystack using multimodality imaging! by Digvijay Nalawade, Vijay Sharma, Prakhyat Shetty, Archita Shrivastava

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Inhibition of Endothelial–Mesenchymal Transition Mediated by Activin Receptor Type IIA Attenuates Valvular Injury Induced by Group A Streptococcus in Lewis Rats by Zirong Lu, Yuan Li, Chuanghong Lu, Zhongyuan Meng, Ling Bai, Feng Huang, Zhiyu Zeng

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Prevalence and predictors of left atrial thrombus in patients with rheumatic atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery: a cross-sectional study by Jie Cui, Yixiao Zhang, Yulin Wang, Fangyu Liu, Hao Lai, Qiang Ji, Chunsheng Wang

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Prevalence and pattern of rheumatic valvular heart disease in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2015-2023, population based studies. by Seid Mohammed Abdu, Altaseb Beyene Kassaw, Amare Abera Tareke, Gosa Mankelkl, Mekonnen Belete, Mohammed Derso Bihonegn, Ahmed Juhar Temam, Gashaw Abebe, Ebrahim Msaye Assefa

“…<h4>Background</h4>Rheumatic heart disease is a global health concern with a persistently high incidence in developing countries, including Africa. …”
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Mitral Stenosis Berat pada Penyakit Jantung Rematik by Cokorda Istri Padmi Suwari, Widyawati Desak Gede

“…Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) has high morbidity and mortality. …”
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One-year mortality and re-admission rate by disease etiology in National Heart Failure Registry of India by Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Ajay Bahl, Ambuj Roy, Animesh Mishra, Jayesh Prajapati, CN Manjunath, Rishi Sethi, Santanu Guha, Santhosh Satheesh, RS Dhaliwal, Meenakshi Sharma, Sanjay Ganapathy, Panniyammakal Jeemon

“…Compared to ischemic heart disease, the mortality was two to five times higher in rheumatic heart disease (HR = 2.0; 95% CI: 1.6–2.4), congenital heart disease (2.9; 1.9–4.2), and infective endocarditis (4.8; 2.4–9.8). …”
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Karakteristik Pasien Penyakit Jantung Rematik yang Dirawat Inap di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Marhamah Hasnul, Najirman , Yanwirasti

“…<br />Keywords: rheumatic heart disease, characteristics<br /><br /><br />…”
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Sociodemographic index–age differences in the global prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, 1990–2019: a population-based study by Xunliang Li, Channa Zhao, Mengqian Liu, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…Type-specific CVDs such as rheumatic heart disease, other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, non-rheumatic valvular heart disease, and hypertensive heart disease showed increased age-standardized prevalence rates from 1990 to 2019. …”
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Correlates of Protection for M Protein-Based Vaccines against Group A Streptococcus by Shu Ki Tsoi, Pierre R. Smeesters, Hannah R. C. Frost, Paul Licciardi, Andrew C. Steer

“…Group A streptococcus (GAS) is known to cause a broad spectrum of illness, from pharyngitis and impetigo, to autoimmune sequelae such as rheumatic heart disease, and invasive diseases. It is a significant cause of infectious disease morbidity and mortality worldwide, but no efficacious vaccine is currently available. …”
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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia by Solmon Gebremariam, Tamirat Moges

“…Male to female ratio is 1 : 2.1. Rheumatic heart disease accounted for 53.7%; pneumonia, anemia, infective endocarditis, and recurrence of acute rheumatic fever were the main precipitating causes. …”
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A Case of Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis Endocarditis by Aria Mahtabfar, Hamoon Eshraghi, Melroy D’Souza, William Berrigan, Kathleen Casey

“…Infectious endocarditis (IE) typically occurs in the setting of intravenous drug use, prosthetic heart valves, or rheumatic heart disease. However, there are a few reports of IE occurring in the setting of immunosuppression secondary to cancer and/or chemotherapy. …”
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The Nrf-2/HO-1 Signaling Axis: A Ray of Hope in Cardiovascular Diseases by Xueyan Zhang, Yihan Yu, Hanyu Lei, Yufeng Cai, Jie Shen, Ping Zhu, Qingnan He, Mingyi Zhao

“…Normal cardiovascular diseases, such as viral myocarditis and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, have been treated with Nrf2/HO-1. Rheumatic heart disease, cardiac tumors, arteriosclerosis, arrhythmia, hypertensive heart disease, and myocardial infarction have also been treated during experiments. …”
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Bioinformatics and System Biological Approaches for the Identification of Genetic Risk Factors in the Progression of Cardiovascular Disease by Joy Dip Barua, Shudeb Babu Sen Omit, Humayan Kabir Rana, Nitun Kumar Podder, Utpala Nanda Chowdhury, Md Habibur Rahman

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the combination of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, rheumatic heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease of the heart and blood vessels. …”
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