Diagnosis and treatment of acute myocarditis: a review

E Ammirati, JJ Moslehi - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute myocarditis, defined as a sudden inflammatory injury to the myocardium,
affects approximately 4 to 14 people per 100 000 each year globally and is associated with …

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

JR Carapetis, A Beaton, MW Cunningham… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused
by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis for latent rheumatic heart disease

A Beaton, E Okello, J Rwebembera… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and
results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart …

[HTML][HTML] Atualização da diretriz de prevenção cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia-2019

DB Précoma, GMM Oliveira, AF Simão… - Arquivos Brasileiros …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Níveis de evidência Nível A Dados obtidos a partir de múltiplos estudos randomizados de
bom porte, concordantes e/ou de meta-análise robusta de estudos clínicos randomizados …

Contemporary diagnosis and management of rheumatic heart disease: implications for closing the gap: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RK Kumar, MJ Antunes, A Beaton, M Mirabel… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The global burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be significant although it is
largely limited to poor and marginalized populations. In most endemic regions, affected …

[HTML][HTML] Updated cardiovascular prevention guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology-2019

DB Precoma, GMM Oliveira, AF Simao… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Level of evidence Level A Data obtained from multiple concordant large randomized trials
and/or robust meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials Level B Data obtained from less …

Rheumatic Heart Disease Worldwide: JACC Scientific Expert Panel

DA Watkins, AZ Beaton, JR Carapetis… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable heart condition that remains endemic
among vulnerable groups in many countries. After a period of relative neglect, there has …

Acute rheumatic fever

G Karthikeyan, L Guilherme - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Acute rheumatic fever is caused by an autoimmune response to throat infection with
Streptococcus pyogenes. Cardiac involvement during acute rheumatic fever can result in …

2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease

J Rwebembera, J Marangou, JC Mwita… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an important and preventable cause of morbidity and
mortality among children and young adults in low-income and middle-income countries, as …

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

AP Ralph, S Noonan, V Wade… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) cause
significant morbidity and premature mortality among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait …