Rheumatic Heart Disease
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Recent papers in Rheumatic Heart Disease
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain major causes of heart failure, stroke and death among African women and children, despite being preventable and imminently treatable. From 21 to 22 February 2015, the... more
Subvalvular preservation is beneficial in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement, especially in degenerative mitral regurgitation. Its feasibility and benefit is less evident in rheumatic disease. Our aim was to study the impact of... more
To identify optimum international normalized ratio (INR) levels and required warfarin doses and anticoagulation-related complications in patients following mechanical prosthetic valve replacement. Five hundred and seven patients were... more
The aim of this project is to implement the heart disease prediction application. Many people all over the world like nearly 60% of the world's population are now-a-days suffering from heart disease. Heart Disease Prediction system is an... more
Osteoporosis (OP) is a well documented complication of some rheumatic diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents the paradigm of bone loss which occurs both locally (iuxta-articular OP and bone erosions) and systemically (generalized... more
Mitral regurgitation affects more than 2 million people in the USA. The main causes are classified as degenerative (with valve prolapse) and ischaemic (ie, due to consequences of coronary disease) in developed countries, or rheumatic (in... more
Tablet Azithromycin 500 mg 1 OD for 5 days then 1 tablet every week fr 1 year
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the United States, whose incidence is greatest in the elderly population. This rhythm disorder can be paroxysmal or chronic and is associated with a range of clinical conditions from... more
Atrial fibrillation is a complication of mitral valve stenosis that causes several adverse neurologic outcomes. Our objective was to establish a mathematical model to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral... more
Objectives. In the past, treatment options for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been limited, and the introduction of new treatments such as infliximab will have a noticeable impact on health-care budgets. The objective of this study was... more
for treatment and prophylaxis of rf / rhd azithromycin must be used as follows : - tablet azithromycin 500 mg 1 OD for 5 days followed by 1 tablet azithromycin 500 mg once a week i.e. every sunday