... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Rheumatic fever Rheumatic heart disease Prophylaxis of rheumatic fever Ethiopia Cardiology 1989;76:465-468 © 1989 S. Kargcr A G , Basel 0008-6312/89/0766-0465S2.75/0...

...Kebede Oli; Redda Tekle-Haimanot; Lars Forsgren; Jan Ekstedt Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most important cardiovascular disease in hospital practice in Ethiopia. However, the prevalence rate of RHD at the community level remains unknown. The current survey was undertaken to estimate its...

...Richard M. Hodes 385 patients were seen in the cardiology clinic of Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over 20 months. Of 338 with defined pathology, 152 had rheumatic heart disease, 47 were hypertensive, 39 had cardiomyopathy, 36 had congenital heart disease and 24 arrhythmia. Average...