PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M McDonald AU - A Brown AU - S Noonan AU - J R Carapetis TI - Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register based programmes AID - 10.1136/hrt.2004.057570 DP - 2005 Sep 01 TA - Heart PG - 1131--1133 VI - 91 IP - 9 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/9/1131.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/9/1131.full SO - Heart2005 Sep 01; 91 AB - Despite dramatic gains of the last century, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world