Rheumatic valvulopathies occurence, pattern and follow-up in rural area: The experience of the Shisong hospital, Cameroon

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Tchoumi, J C Tantchou ^a   Butera, G ^b  

^a St Elizabeth Catholic General hospital Shisong   (France)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Congenital heart disease; Hospital; Rheumatic heart disease; Shisong; Sub Saharan Africa; Surgery; Valvulopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART MURMURS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 69249241854     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3185/pathexo3368     Document Type: Article

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