%0 Journal Article %T Participation in research improves overall patient management: insights from the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease registry (REMEDY) %A Abul Fadl A %A Adeoye AM %A Al Kebsi M %A Bode-Thomas F %A Cupido B %A Damasceno A %A El Sayed A %A Engel ME %A Francis V %A Gitura B %A Ibrahim A %A Joachim A %A Kennedy N %A Mayosi B %A Mayosi BM %A Mucumbitsi J %A Musuku J %A Okello E %A Olunuga T %A Perkins S %A Prendergast EA %A Sheta S %A Z¨¹hlke LJ %J Archive of "Cardiovascular Journal of Africa". %D 2018 %R 10.5830/CVJA-2017-054 %X Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major public health problem in low¨C and middle¨Cincome countries (LMICs), with a paucity of high¨Cquality trial data to improve patient outcomes. Investigators felt that involvement in a recent large, observational RHD study impacted positively on their practice, but this was poorly defined %K rheumatic heart disease %K REMEDY study %K clinical research %K low- and middle-income countries %K implementation %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008904/