Subclinical carditis in rheumatic fever: A systematic review

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-58

  Tubridy Clark, Marissa ^a,c   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carditis; Echocardiogram; Rheumatic fever; Silent carditis; Subclinical carditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDITIS; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34249734820     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.046     Document Type: Article

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