Letter by Kothari regarding article, "rheumatic heart disease screening by echocardiography: The inadequacy of world health organization criteria for optimizing the diagnosis of subclinical disease"

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Kothari, Shyam S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHOREA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953204309     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.901355     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Marijon E, Celemajer DS, Tafflet M, El-Haou S, Jani D, Ferreira B, Mocumbi A, Paquet C, Sidi D, Xavier J. Rheumatic heart disease screening by echocardiography: the inadequacy of World Health Organization criteria for optimizing the diagnosis of subclinical disease. Circulation. 2009;120:663-668.
2. Bland EF, Jones D. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a 20 year report on 1000 patients followed up since childhood. Circulation. 1951;4:836-843.