Affiliations 

  • 1 Hospital Taiping
  • 2 Hospital Queen Elizabeth II
Int J Public Health Res, 2017;7(1):757-764.
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Abstract

Rheumatic heart disease is still endemic in developing countries and among the indigenous population in developed countries. However, there is no comprehensive data on rheumatic heart disease patients in Malaysia. The Cardiology Department of Queen Elizabeth ll Hospital (QEH ll), Sabah started this hospital-based registry in 2010. The objective of this analysis was to report the demographic profile, severity of disease, types of valve involvement and the practice of secondary prophylaxis among these patients.