Aims This report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas Project updates and
expands upon the widely cited 2019 report in presenting cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the second common cause of death in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) accounting for about 35% of all deaths, after a composite of …

Background Rheumatic heart disease remains an important preventable cause of
cardiovascular death and disability, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have become important causes of mortality on a global
scale. According to the report of World Health Organization (WHO), NCDs killed 38 million …

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused
by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by …

From a global perspective, the large and diverse African population is disproportionately
affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD). The historical balance between communicable …

Objective Transitions in the spectrum of valvular heart diseases (VHDs) in developed
countries over the 20th century have been reported from clinical case series, but large …

Aims Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) accounts for over a million premature deaths
annually; however, there is little contemporary information on presentation, complications …