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lthough infrequent in the developed world, rheumatic heart isease (RHD) remains a major health problem worldwide, nd with increasing immigration over the past decades, will ontinue to be encountered in most cardiology practices. The orld Health Organization has estimated that more than 15 illion people worldwide are affected, with a half million new ases of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) yearly (2...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.028