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Health care delivery, economics and global health care
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High burden of rheumatic heart disease confirmed by echocardiography among Pacific adults living in New Zealand

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  • Rachel Webb Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New ZealandKidz First Children's Hospital, Te Whatu Ora, Counties Manukau, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicola Culliford-Semmens Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew ChanMow South Seas Health Care Integrated Family Health Centre, Manukau, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert Doughty Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elizabeth Tilton Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Briar Peat Department of Medicine, South Auckland Clinical School, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Stirling Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thomas L Gentles Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nigel J Wilson Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Te Whatu Ora, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rachel Webb; rwebb{at}adhb.govt.nz
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Webb R, Culliford-Semmens N, ChanMow A, et al
High burden of rheumatic heart disease confirmed by echocardiography among Pacific adults living in New Zealand
Open Heart 2023;10:e002253. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002253

Publication history

  • Received January 9, 2023
  • Accepted March 29, 2023
  • First published April 30, 2023.
Online issue publication 
February 13, 2024

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