Publications by authors named "Dasari Prasada Rao"
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- Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a significant global health issue, often resulting from infections with group A streptococcus (GAS) in genetically susceptible individuals.
- *Preventive measures focus on community efforts to stop GAS infections, effective treatment for existing infections, and secondary prophylaxis using intramuscular penicillin.
- *While surgery availability and techniques are improving in areas where RHD is common, innovations in biomaterials and delivery technologies hold promise for better solutions, though high costs pose a challenge.*
Asian Indians have a genetic predisposition to atherothrombotic risk. common carotid intima-media thickness (CCIMT) measured by ultrasound is a quantitative marker for atherosclerotic burden and a derived variable, that is, "CCIMT statistical Z-score (Z-score)" is useful for better quantification. The association between vitamin D deficiency and atherosclerosis is inconclusive.
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