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GuidelineNature reviews. Cardiology2013

Position statement of the World Heart Federation on the prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease.

Bo Remenyi, Jonathan Carapetis, Rosemary Wyber, Kathryn Taubert, Bongani M Mayosi, World Heart Federation

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Guideline in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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140citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
27.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 293 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Bo RemenyiWorld Heart Federation, 7 rue des Battoirs, Case Postale 155, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Jonathan Carapetis
Rosemary Wyber
Kathryn Taubert
Bongani M Mayosi
World Heart Federation
World Heart Federation · CHUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the 21(st) century, rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are neglected diseases of marginalized communities. Globally, RHD remains the most-common cardiovascular disease in young people aged <25 years. Although RF and RHD have been almost eradicated in areas with established economies, migration from low-income to high-income settings might be responsible for a new burden of RHD in high-income countries. The World Heart Federation (WHF) and its Working Group on RF and RHD unites global experts, combines their experience and enthusiasm, and provides a platform for RHD control. This paper is a declaration of the WHF institutional strategic goal--a 25% reduction in premature deaths from RF and RHD among individuals aged <25 years by the year 2025. The position statement affirms WHF commitments to five key strategic targets: comprehensive register-based control programmes, global access to benzathine penicillin G, identification and development of public figures as 'RHD champions', expansion of RHD training hubs, and support for vaccine development. In this paper, we also review existing barriers to RF and RHD control and identify the actions required to change the trajectory of control for these diseases. This approach provides the foundation for governments, civil society, patient advocates, clinicians, researchers, and funding agencies to develop partnerships and unify global efforts to control RF and RHD. The WHF plans to expand this position statement to an operational plan that will be founded on science, research, and quantifiable progress indicators to impact positively on the millions of people who are affected by RHD and its long-term sequelae.

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AdultBiomedical ResearchCardiologyDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedEducation, MedicalGlobal HealthHealth Services AccessibilityHumansPreventive Health ServicesPrognosisRheumatic Heart DiseaseYoung Adult

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PMID23546444
OpenAlexW2046102978

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