Improvement of Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in Patients Undergoing Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Improvement of Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in Patients Undergoing Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart diseases is efficient in reducing disease recurrence, heart damage, and cardiac impairment. We aimed to monitor the clinical evolution of a large Brazilian cohort of rheumatic patients under prolonged secondary prophylaxis. From 1986 to 2018, a cohort of 593...

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Main Authors: Renato Pedro de Almeida Torres, Rômulo Francisco de Almeida Torres, Gabrielle de Crombrugghe, Scarllet Palacin Moraes da Silva, Sarah Leticia Veroneze Cordeiro, Karine Alessandra Bosi, Pierre R. Smeesters, Rosângela Stadnick Lauth de Almeida Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
secondary prophylaxis
rheumatic heart disease
benzathine penicillin G
Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus
carditis
recurrence
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.676098/full

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