Mobile phone-based rheumatic heart disease detection

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), the permanent damage of the heart valves caused by an untreated 'strep throat' infection, is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in children and young adults worldwide. Simple penicillin treatment after the early diagnosis of RHD can s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Springer, David Brian
Other Authors: Tarassenko, Lionel ; Clifford, Gari D.
Published: University of Oxford 2015
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.719848