About this Research Topic
The objectives of this Research Topic are:
1. To evaluate the current situation with RHD worldwide, whereas in developing regions and in developed countries.
2. Evaluate strategies to contain or eradicate RHD, not only in Western Europe and North America but worldwide.
3. Evaluate the possibility of using new approaches, such as biological, immunological, pharmaceutical, cardiological or surgical, but also information technology, to screen, diagnose and treat RHD.
4. Discuss new developments in cardiac surgery or other invasive treatments in low-income countries.
The Guest Editors would like to welcome clinicians, such as cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, and scientists, such as epidemiologists, health managers and economists, industry and migration specialists from all over the world to tackle the new challenges in the management of RHD.
The resurging interest in the pathogenesis of RHD and the recent advances in the science and practice of RHD makes this Research Topic timely and interesting for a worldwide scientific audience. We will consider submissions of all article types including reviews, original research and perspectives.
Keywords: Rheumatic Heart Disease, Diagnosis, Valvular Disease, Imaging, Surgery
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