Rheumatic heart disease screening by echocardiography: The inadequacy of world health organization criteria for optimizing the diagnosis of subclinical disease

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 663-668

  Marijon, Eloi ^a   Celermajer, David S ^b   Tafflet, Muriel ^a   El Haou, Saïd ^c   Jani, Dinesh N ^d   Ferreira, Beatriz ^d   Mocumbi, Ana Olga ^d   Paquet, Christophe ^e   Sidi, Daniel ^d,f   Jouven, Xavier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Institute OfCardiometabolism and Nutrition   (France)

^d Instituto do Coracao Maputo   (Mozambique)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Prevention; Rheumatic heart disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69549088236     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.849190     Document Type: Article

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