Temporal trend analysis of rheumatic heart disease burden in high-income countries between 1990 and 2019.
Utkarsh OjhaDominic C MarshallJustin D SalciccioliBecker M Al-KhayattMatthew Hammond-HaleyRichard GoodallKim L BorskyConor P CrowleyJoseph ShalhoubAdam HartleyPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
More than half of EU15 + nations display a recent increase in RHD incidence rate across both sexes. Possible factors associated with this rise are discussed and include increase in global migration from nations with higher RHD prevalence, host nation factors such as migrants' housing conditions, healthcare access and migrant health status on arrival.