August 23, 2017Open Access
View Full PaperGlobal, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015
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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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