Key result
Rheumatic heart disease remains a widely prevalent public health problem in lower- and middle-income countries despite being largely forgotten in the United States.
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Highlights the ongoing public health burden of rheumatic heart disease, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries.
This Viewpoint reviews new research in rheumatic heart disease (RHD), once a major public health problem in the US and still widely prevalent in lower- and middle-income countries.
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Milan et al. (2026) studied this question. Rheumatic heart disease remains a widely prevalent public health problem in lower- and middle-income countries despite being largely forgotten in the United States.
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