Rheumatic Heart Disease in Europe: Insights from a Pilot Screening Study and a Scoping Review
Authors
Department of Internal Medicine I, Department of Clinical Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich; Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich
Taariq Salie
Cape Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
Shekhar Saha
Shekhar.Saha@med.uni-muenchen.de
Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich
Dominik.Joskowiak@med.uni-muenchen.de
Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich
Ulrich.Seybold@med.uni-muenchen.de
Center for Clinical Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine IV, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich
Department of Internal Medicine I, Department of Clinical Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich
Joselyn Rwebembera
Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala
Christian Hagl
Christian.Hagl@med.uni-muenchen.de
Department of Internal Medicine I, Department of Clinical Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich
Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1573 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Page range: 56 - 56
Submitted on: Apr 14, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 23, 2026
Published on: Jul 16, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2026 Martina Steinmaurer, Lea Baertz, Taariq Salie, Shekhar Saha, Dominik Joskowiak, Ulrich Seybold, Eimo Martens, Joselyn Rwebembera, Christian Hagl, Mark Engel, published by Ubiquity Press
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