Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color

Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color

Abstract Background: Brazil has approximately 30.000 cases of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) annually. A third of cardiovascular surgeries performed in the country are due to the sequelae of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which is an important public health problem. Objectives: to analyze the histori...

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Main Authors: Estevão Tavares de Figueiredo, Luciana Azevedo, Marcelo Lacerda Rezende, Cristina Garcia Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures/mortality
Hospitalization/economics
Antibiotic Prophylaxys/economics
Public Health Policy
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