Comparative study of clinical and Doppler echocardiographic evaluations of the progression of valve diseases in children and adolescents with rheumatic fever

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-38

  Alves Meira, Zilda Maria ^a,b   Andrade Goulart, Eugênio Marcos ^a   Coelho Mota, Cleonice De Carvalho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic valvulopathy; Valvulitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33344460533     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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