Neglected diseases in cardiology: a call for urgent action

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Sophie Yacoub
Susy Kotit
Ana Olga Mocumbi
Magdi H Yacoub
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[1] S Yacoub is an Academic Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases,
[2] and S Kotit is a PhD student at the National Heart and Lung Institute,undefined
[3] both at Imperial College London,undefined
[4] UK,undefined
[5] ,undefined
[6] AO Mocumbi is a Cardiologist and PhD student at the Maputo Heart Institute,undefined
[7] Mozambique,undefined
[8] MH Yacoub is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Imperial College London,undefined
[9] Director of Research at the Harefield Heart Science Centre,undefined
[10] Harefield,undefined
[11] UK,undefined
[12] and Professor of Surgery at the University of Florence,undefined
[13] Italy.,undefined
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A substantial proportion of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing countries is caused by cardiac complications of 'neglected diseases', such as Chagas disease, endomyocardial fibrosis, and rheumatic heart disease. Here, Yacoub et al. discuss management strategies for what they believe are potentially preventable diseases.
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