Criteria for judging the improvement in subclinical rheumatic valvitis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Karaaslan, Sevim ^a   Demirören, Saadet ^a   Oran, Bülent ^a   Baysal, Tamer ^a   Başpinar, Osman ^a   Uçar, Canan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional echocardiography; Rheumatic carditis; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; VELOCITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 2542475231     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103001070     Document Type: Article

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