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Epidemiology and Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Rheumatic fever, a social disease that “licks the joints and bites the heart,” is a nonsuppurative complication of streptococcal pharyngitis. It is ubiquitous in its distribution, but some families seem more susceptible than others: this susceptibility is potentiated by poverty.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph B. Borman M.B., B. Ch. (Wits), F.R.C.S. (Eng), FA.C.S., F.A.C.C. (Professor of Surgery, Head) (Professor of Surgery, Head)

  2. Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Mervyn S. Gotsman M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (G), F.A.C.C (Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor of Medicine, Head)

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Halfon, S.T., Davies, A.M. (1980). Epidemiology and Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease. In: Borman, J.B., Gotsman, M.S. (eds) Rheumatic Valvular Disease in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95371-2_1

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