The value of echocardiography in the diagnosis and followup of rheumatic carditis in children and adolescents: A 2 year prospective study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1082-1086

  Hilário, Maria O E ^a   Andrade, José L ^b   Gasparian, Adriana B ^b   Carvalho, Antonio C ^b   Andrade, Cleonice T ^b   Len, Claudio A ^b  

^a Alameda dos Anapurus   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Echocardiogram; Rheumatic fever; Valvulopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0342748485     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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