Evaluation of subclinical valvar disease in patients with rheumatic fever

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-499

  Ozkutlu, Suheyla ^a   Hallioglu, Olgu ^a   Ayabakan, Canan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Mitral regurgitation; Silent carditis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2542448300     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103001069     Document Type: Article

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