Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

Rebecca C. Woodruff,Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa,Howard Chiou,Maria Gayapa,Sara Noonan,Pradeep S. B. Podila,Victoria D. Rayle,Guillermo V. Sanchez,Ray Tulafono,Chris A. Van Beneden,Matthew D. Ritchey

Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

2021

Rebecca C. Woodruff
Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa
Howard Chiou
Maria Gayapa
Sara Noonan
Pradeep S. B. Podila
Victoria D. Rayle
Guillermo V. Sanchez
Ray Tulafono
Chris A. Van Beneden
Matthew D. Ritchey

Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a severe, chronic complication of acute rheumatic fever, triggered by group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Centralized patient registries are recommended f...

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Pediatrics
Pharyngitis
Prevalence
american samoa
acute rheumatic fever
Patient registry
Complication
Heart disease
Epidemiology
Medicine

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