Echocardiography and subclinical carditis: Guidelines that increase sensitivity for acute rheumatic fever

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-568

  Wilson, Nigel ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRITIS; AUSCULTATION; CARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 56749177380     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108003211     Document Type: Editorial

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