Global Disease Disparity: Re-examining What We Thought We Knew About Rheumatic Heart Disease
2nd floor Auditorium, Children's National Health System 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesFeatured Speaker: Andrea Beaton, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University Cardiology, CNHS In the late 19th and early 20th century, acute rheumatic fever was considered “childhood’s greatest enemy” in the United States. Now, the disease is nearly eliminated in high-income settings. But, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain prominent in many parts of […]
