Prevalence and progression of rheumatic heart disease: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based echocardiographic studies

Jacques Noubiap, Jean; Ndip Agbor, Valirie; Joël Bigna, Jean; D. Kazé, Arnaud; Flore Nyaga, Ulrich; M. Mayosi, Bongani

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53540-4

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Prevalence and progression of rheumatic heart disease: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based echocardiographic studies

Published in Scientific Reports • Nov 19, 2019

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Jean Jacques Noubiap

Valirie Ndip Agbor

Jean Joël Bigna

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to provide a contemporaneous estimate of the global burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) from echocardiographic population-based studies. We searched multiple databases between January 01, 1996 and October 17, 2017. Random-effect meta-analysis was us...

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Meta-analysis

Medicine

Population

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