ReviewEuropean journal of clinical investigation2020
Rheumatic heart disease anno 2020: Impacts of gender and migration on epidemiology and management.
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- Changes in the burden and underlying causes of rheumatic heart disease in children and youths, 1990-2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Sex-Specific Insights into Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis in Significant Tricuspid Regurgitation: A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
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- Temporal Trends of Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Brazil From 2000 to 2021.Cureus · 2024Article
- Echocardiographic Screening of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Current Concepts and Challenges.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Multivalvular Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
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- Global Left Ventricular Myocardial Work Efficiency in Patients With Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2023Article
- Health related quality of life of patients following mechanical valve replacement surgery for rheumatic mitral stenosis in Tanzania.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe epidemiology and management of diseases can be influenced by social demographic factors. Gender and migration are among these factors.
methodsWe aimed at reviewing the impacts of gender and migration on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) epidemiology and management by a nonsystematic literature review of published studies on RHD worldwide. Our PubMed search terms included RHD pathophysiology, diagnosis, complications, management or prevention, combined with words 'rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS)', 'outcomes after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV)', 'gender or sex difference' and 'migration'. The reporting of this study conforms to SANRA (the Scale for Assessment of Narrative Review Articles) guidelines.
resultsWe retrieved eight studies about the impact of sex on outcomes after PBMV. All of these studies showed a female predominance for RHD. Two studies showed that there is no impact, three studies showed female sex as a predictor of poor outcomes, and the other three showed male sex a predictor of poor outcomes. Although RHD is reported to be eradicated in the developed countries, 2.1% of refugees recently screened for RHD in Italy were found to have subclinical RHD. This prevalence is similar to those found in India (2.0%), Cambodia (2.2%) and Mozambique (3%).
conclusionsThere are contradicting results for outcomes after PBMV between males and females. It is not clear whether sex difference plays a role in pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and prognosis of MS. Migration has impacts on epidemiology and management of RHD. Further studies are required in these two fields to explore their relationship to RHD.
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