ManageMent of patients with ValVular heart Disease
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چکیده
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major clinical and public health problems in developing countries where their most devastating effects are on children and young adults in their most productive years. RHD is encountered in 1 to 5.4 per 1,000 in large samples of school children and RF in 0.3 to 0.5 per 1,000 children.1 Rheumatic valvular heart disease accounts for 2.2 per 1000 deaths and disability adjusted life years in south central Asia (Carapetis et al 2000).2 Mild to moderate degree of valvular heart disease are relatively common in adults, increase in prevalence with advancing age, and are associated with reduced survival.
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