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The future of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia
Author(s) -
Maguire Graeme P,
Carapetis Jonathan R,
Walsh Warren F,
Brown Alex D H
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja12.10980
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatic fever , acute rheumatic fever , heart disease , rheumatic disease , disease , intensive care medicine
[Extract] An 8-year-old Aboriginal girl presents with shortness of breath and severe mitral regurgitation, and\udrequires urgent surgery; a young Torres Strait\udIslander mother has a disabling stroke related to mitral\udstenosis; and a middle-aged Aboriginal community leader\uddies from infective endocarditis associated with a mechanical\udvalve. These are the realities of acute rheumatic fever\ud(ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia