Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015

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Authors

David Watkins · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Catherine O. Johnson · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Samantha Colquhoun · Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Ganesan Karthikeyan · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Andrea Beaton · Children's National

Gene Bukhman · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mohammed H. Forouzanfar

Abstract

We estimated the global disease prevalence of and mortality due to rheumatic heart disease over a 25-year period. The health-related burden of rheumatic heart disease has declined worldwide, but high rates of disease persist in some of the poorest regions in the world. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Medtronic Foundation.).

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Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 377, Issue 8, pp. 713-722

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1603693

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