Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a severe, chronic complication of acute rheumatic fever, triggered by group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Centralized patient registries are recommended for RHD prevention and control, but none exists in American Samoa. Using existing RHD tracking systems,...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors:	Rebecca C. Woodruff, Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa, Howard Chiou, Maria Gayapa, Sara Noonan, Pradeep S. B. Podila, Victoria Rayle, Guillermo Sanchez, Ray Tulafono, Chris A. Van Beneden, Matthew Ritchey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2021-10-01
Subjects:	American Samoa cardiovascular disease epidemiology registry rheumatic heart disease
Online Access:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.020424