Press Release: INVICTUS, Launch of biggest ever rheumatic heart disease patient programme
World Heart Federation: INVICTUS, the biggest ever rheumatic disease patient programme, launches at WCC 2016
Cardiovascular experts from South Africa and Canada have today announced plans to perform the largest ever global studies of patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease which currently kills approximately 233,000 people per year, despite being almost entirely preventable.
Professor Salim Yusuf, President of the World Heart Federation and Chairman of the Steering Committee of INVICTUS commented:
“The launch of the RHD patient registry and trial programme on such a global scale forms a really key part of the international efforts underway to reduce RHD mortality rates and help meet the WHO 25by25 target. The registry of 20,000 patients from across all continents is ambitious but must be fulfilled if real progress is to be made and effective measures developed for those countries most affected to urgently put in place.”