Status of rheumatic heart disease in rural Pakistan

2004168 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

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Syed Faiz-Ul-Hassan Rizvi · Shaikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital

M A Khan · Shaikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital

A Kundi · National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

D R Marsh · Aga Khan University

A Samad · National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

O Pasha · Save the Children

Abstract

There is a high prevalence of RHD among the rural population of Pakistan. The prevalence has not declined over the past three decades. Nearly all people with RHD, including most of those who know their diagnosis, do not receive the benefit of potentially life saving secondary prevention measures.

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Published in: Heart

Volume 90, Issue 4, pp. 394-399

DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.025981

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 8.29

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Status of rheumatic heart disease in rural Pakistan

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