The management of patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease in rural communities
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1Department of Medicine, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mdantsane, E. Cape.
Abstract:
Chronic rheumatic heart disease is common in South Africa and requires lifelong supervision. Experience of a cardiac clinic in a second-tier hospital serving a large rural population is described.
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