The relationship of carditis to the initial attack of Sydenham's chorea

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 241-248

  Panamonta, Manat ^a   Chaikitpinyo, Arnkisa ^a   Kaplan, Edward L ^b   Pantongwiriyakul, Aunejit ^a   Tassniyom, Sompon ^a   Sutra, Sumitr ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Echocardiography; Rheumatic carditis; Rheumatic heart disease; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 1842861641     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.04.020     Document Type: Article

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