Chronic rheumatic heart valve disease (RHVD)NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListCardiovascDiagnTherv.10(2);2020AprPMC7225445CardiovascDiagnTher.2020Apr;10(2):305–315.doi: 10.21037/cdt.2019.10.07PMCID:PMC7225445PMID:32420113Rheumaticheartdisease:currentstatusofdiagnosisandtherapyFerandePeters,1GanesanKarthikeyan,2JessicaAbrams,3LorreinMuhwava,3andLieslZühlke3,4FerandePeters1CardiovascularpathophysiologyandGenomicUnit,UniversityoftheWitwatersrand,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica;FindarticlesbyFerandePetersGanesanKarthikeyan2CardiothoracicSciencesCentre,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences,NewDelhi,India;FindarticlesbyGanesanKarthikeyanJessicaAbrams3DivisionofPaediatricCardiology,DepartmentofPaediatrics,RedCrossChildren’sHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica;FindarticlesbyJessicaAbramsLorreinMuhwava3DivisionofPaediatricCardiology,DepartmentofPaediatrics,RedCrossChildren’sHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica;FindarticlesbyLorreinMuhwavaLieslZühlke3DivisionofPaediatricCardiology,DepartmentofPaediatrics,RedCrossChildren’sHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica;4DivisionofCardiology,DepartmentofMedicine,GrooteSchuurHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfricaFindarticlesbyLieslZühlkeAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1CardiovascularpathophysiologyandGenomicUnit,UniversityoftheWitwatersrand,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica;2CardiothoracicSciencesCentre,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences,NewDelhi,India;3DivisionofPaediatricCardiology,DepartmentofPaediatrics,RedCrossChildren’sHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica;4DivisionofCardiology,DepartmentofMedicine,GrooteSchuurHospital,UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfricaCorrespondingauthor.Contributions:(I)Conceptionanddesign:LZühlke;(II)Administrativesupport:JAbrams,LMuhwava;(III)Provisionofstudymaterialsorpatients:FPeters;(IV)Collectionandasse