Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH Hospitals) is taking a significant step forward in heart care with Rheumatic Heart Disease ...

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Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which rheumatic fever has permanently damaged the heart valves, causing symptoms of shortness of breath, chest pain and swelling. What is heart disease ...

Direct oral anticoagulants were associated with lower risks of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism and bleeding compared with warfarin. The study included patients with atrial fibrillation (AF ...

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Mortality rates are high among patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and are associated with valve disease severity at diagnosis, according to study results published in JAMA. Annually, over 300 ...

This damage often results in rheumatic heart disease, where the valves become scarred and narrowed or leak. Although less common in developed countries due to better access to antibiotics ...

Rheumatic diseases affect your joints tendons ... Some infections can make your body develop a fever that causes your heart’s valves to become inflamed. Over time, this inflammation can damage ...

What is rheumatic heart disease? Rheumatic heart disease is a condition where the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever. The heart valve damage may start shortly after ...