Sulafa Ali

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a "roadmap" of key actions that need to be taken by governments to eliminate acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Africa.

TL;DR: The World Heart Federation Roadmap for improved Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as discussed by the authors is a resource designed to help a variety of stakeholders raise the profile of RHD nationally and globally, and provide a framework to guide and support the strengthening of national, regional and global RHD control efforts.

TL;DR: 4 patients with noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in whom ventricular systolic function was preserved and mitral regurgitation was associated with changes in the mitral valve leaflets and an abnormal coaptation pattern are reported.

TL;DR: Spontaneous improvement and left ventricular hypertrophy were unique features, and mitral valve deformity leading to MR was an established association in patients diagnosed with NCVM.

TL;DR: It is concluded that noncompaction is under-diagnosed, and is not as rare as is thought, in children, it is often associated with other cardiac lesions that can cause cardiac failure in the presence of preserved myocardial function.