Subclinical rheumatic valvitis: A long-term follow-up

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-438

  Lanna, Cristina Costa Duarte ^a,b   Tonelli, Edward ^a   Barros, Marcio Vinicius Lins ^a   Goulart, Eugenio Marcos Andrade ^a   Mota, Cleonice Carvalho Coelho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiogram; Rheumatic fever; Subclinical valvitis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TRICUSPID VALVE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 2142645003     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110300091X     Document Type: Article

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