State of rheumatic fever in Algeria. Viewpoint of a cardiac surgeon.
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Background/Introduction In Algeria prevalence of rheumatic fever(RF) has steadily decrease especially after the establishment of the national program against the RF in 1990; the national incidence decreased from 04.7 /100,000 in 2002 to 02.5 /100,000 in 2003, 02.3 /100,000 in 2004, in 2009 the national incidence decreased to 1.01cas /100,000 of 04 to 19 years. However, the share of rheumatic patients requiring surgical treatment for valvular lesions has not changed, indicating the insufficiency of the modified Jones criteria.
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دوره 10 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015