The future of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: can we be optimistic?
Maguire, Graeme P., Carapetis, Jonathan R., Walsh, Warren F., Brown, Alex D.H., and UNSPECIFIED (2012) The future of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: can we be optimistic? Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (3). pp. 133-134.
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DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10980
View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10980
Abstract
[Extract] An 8-year-old Aboriginal girl presents with shortness of breath and severe mitral regurgitation, and requires urgent surgery; a young Torres Strait Islander mother has a disabling stroke related to mitral stenosis; and a middle-aged Aboriginal community leader dies from infective endocarditis associated with a mechanical valve. These are the realities of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia.
| ID Code: | 22915 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology > 110201 Cardiology (incl Cardiovascular Diseases) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 100% |
| Deposited On: | 29 Aug 2012 21:51 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Aug 2012 21:53 |
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