High prevalence of subclinical rheumatic heart disease in pregnant women in a developing country: An echocardiographic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1049-1053

  Otto, Håvard ^a   Sæther, Sverre Georg ^a   Banteyrga, Leul ^b   Haugen, Bjørn Olav ^a,c   Skjærpe, Terje ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Keren Referral Regional Hospital   (Eritrea)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

echocardiography; pregnancy; prevalence; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIOLOGIST; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERITREA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155122954     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01520.x     Document Type: Review

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