"Rheumatic Heart Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D012214
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.890.731.649 C14.280.874
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| Concept/Terms |
Rheumatic Heart Disease- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Disease, Rheumatic Heart
- Diseases, Rheumatic Heart
- Heart Disease, Rheumatic
- Heart Diseases, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Heart Diseases
Bouillaud Disease- Bouillaud Disease
- Disease, Bouillaud
- Bouillaud's Disease
- Bouillauds Disease
- Disease, Bouillaud's
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatic Heart Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Implementation and evaluation of a pragmatic community streptococcal treatment programme to improve rheumatic heart disease primary prevention in Uganda. BMJ Glob Health. 2026 04 09; 11(4).
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Delivering Rheumatic Heart Disease Diagnosis at Scale: Performance of an Integrated Public Health Screening Program in Northern Uganda. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 03 03; 15(5):e043275.
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A train-the-trainer curriculum to scale up artificial intelligence-supported echocardiography for rheumatic heart disease screening in a public health care system. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2025 Oct 27; 36(4):560-569.
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Integrating secondary prevention of rheumatic heart disease into the primary healthcare system in Northern Uganda. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 08 22; 10(8).
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Enhanced support for adherence to rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis for children in the public health system in Uganda (CAMPS): a pragmatic randomised trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 04; 13(4):e707-e715.
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Outcomes of rheumatic fever in Uganda: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 03; 12(3):e500-e508.
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A decentralized delivery program for rheumatic heart disease treatment and prevention in Uganda. Nat Med. 2024 01; 30(1):12-13.
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Evaluating the implementation of a dynamic digital application to enable community-based decentralisation of rheumatic heart disease case management in Uganda: protocol for a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation study. BMJ Open. 2023 10 28; 13(10):e071540.
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence Guidance for Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening by Novices. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 07; 36(7):724-732.
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Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 01; 36(1):3-28.