Research Article: Health Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Adult Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients in Ethiopia
Abstract:
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a consequence of severe single or recurrent bouts of acute rheumatic fever and is primarily characterized by stenosis and regurgitation of the mitral valve. It continues to be a problem for public health in both the developing world and underprivileged areas of the developed world. According to current estimates, it currently affects . million individuals globally. This condition also resulted in , deaths in , and it causes more than one million premature deaths annually.,
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