Mortality related to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is high and is correlated with the severity of valve disease, according to a study published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ganesan Karthikeyan, D.M., from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, and colleagues assessed the risk and predictors of major patient-important clinical outcomes in patients with clinical RHD. Analysis included 13,696 patients in 24 low- and middle-income countries. The researchers found that over a median duration of 3.2 years, 15% of patients died Read More