The role of echocardiography in diagnosing carditis in the setting of acute rheumatic fever

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-420

  Benettoni, Alessandra ^a   Berton, Emanuela ^a   De Cunto, Angela ^a   Taddio, Andrea ^a   Lepore, Loredana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Jones' criteria; Sydenham chorea

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDITIS; CHOREA MINOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCORING SYSTEM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 70349197845     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109990400     Document Type: Letter

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