Eliminating acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Lancet
.
2017 Jul 15;390(10091):212-213.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31608-2.
Authors
Magdi Yacoub
1
,
Bongani Mayosi
2
,
Ahmed ElGuindy
3
,
Alain Carpentier
4
,
Salim Yusuf
5
Affiliations
1
Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt; Heart Science Centre, Harefield, London UB9 6JH, UK. Electronic address: m.yacoub@imperial.ac.uk.
2
The Deanery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
3
Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt; Heart Science Centre, Harefield, London UB9 6JH, UK.
4
Département de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et de Transplantation d'Organes, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
5
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
PMID:
28721865
DOI:
10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31608-2
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Cost of Illness
Humans
Rheumatic Fever / prevention & control*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / prevention & control*