Management of patients with subclinical rheumatic heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-296

  Marijon, Eloi ^a,b   Celermajer, David S ^c   Jouven, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Guidelines; Prevention; Rheumatic heart disease; Screening; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUBCLINICAL RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 67349274960     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.110     Document Type: Editorial

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