The case for utilizing more strict quantitative Doppler echocardiographic criterions for diagnosis of subclinical rheumatic carditis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Caldas, Alvaro M ^a   Terreri, Maria Teresa R A ^a,b   Moises, Valdir A ^a   Silva, Celia M C ^a   Carvalho, Antonio C ^a   Hilário, Maria Odete E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carditis; Children; Jones criteria; Valvar regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847265359     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951106001296     Document Type: Article

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