The New Zealand Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has been extensively chronicled in Aotearoa, New Zealand [ [1] Lennon D, Wilson N, Sharpe N, Liddel R. Heart Foundation of New Zealand. New Zealand Guidelines for Rheumatic Fever: Diagnosis, Management and Secondary Prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: 2014. www.heartfoundation.org.nz/uploads/HF2227A_Rheumatic_Fever_Guideline_v1-complete.pdf Google Scholar ]. However, the burden of chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in New Zealand is not well defined.