Sagit Ben Zekry

Director, Cardiac MultiModality Imaging Service, Sheba Medical Center, Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI/CT @sheba_

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@Heart_SCCT San Diego meeting, here we come!

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The future: Focusing on children and pregnant women.
Beyond echo screening Education is crucial .
And finally Access to medical treatment!

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Abdoul Kane presentation ASEF work on RHD prevention and screening
@ASE360 #ASE2026

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Results

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RHD screening is important to identify those patients

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WHO guidelines for screening of RHD

Prevention is the key to improve survival

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Tecomm

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RHD stages - focus in stage A!
Echo criteria screening
It is estimated an incident of 55M !

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RHD burden is still a challenge!
RHD is seen in mostly Young adult and women and preventable disease.
Although mortality is reducing over years, still Africa and South Asia are the most endemic areas.
Escalation of mortality in USA in the past years
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Importance of screening

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Come and learn the TEER procedure, it’s happening now at Summit 8/9
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“Roberto Lang was the visionary man who taught us how to see and measure the heart.”

The many stories shared about Dr. Lang had the audience smiling, laughing, and crying. What an absolutely extraordinary man.