Two years of follow-up validates the echocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis and screening of rheumatic heart disease in asymptomatic populations

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 929-933

  Bhaya, Maneesha ^a   Beniwal, Rajesh ^b   Panwar, Sadiak ^c   Panwar, Raja Babu ^d  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SSR Medical College   (Mauritius)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging tools; Doppler echocardiography; mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE THICKENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PENICILLINS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 80053582964     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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