World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease-an evidence-based guideline

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 297-309

  Reméanyi, Bo ^a   Wilson, Nigel ^a   Steer, Andrew ^b   Ferreira, Beatriz ^c   Kado, Joseph ^d   Kumar, Krishna ^e   Lawrenson, John ^f   Maguire, Graeme ^g   Marijon, Eloi ^h   Mirabel, Mariana ^h   Mocumbi, Ana Olga ^h   Mota, Cleonice ⁱ   Paar, John ^j   Saxena, Anita ^k   Scheel, Janet ^l   Stirling, John ^m   Viali, Satupaitea ^a   Balekundri, Vijayalakshmi I ⁿ   Wheaton, Gavin ^o   Zühlke, Liesl ^p   Carapetis, Jonathan ^q   more..

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Maputo Heart Institute   (Mozambique)

^d Devision of Health Information and Monitoring and Evaluation   (Fiji)

^e AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

ⁱ University of Eduardo Mondlane   (Mozambique)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^k WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^l GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ Medical Specialist Clinic   (Samoa)

^o SRI JAYADEVA INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^p WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CHORDA TENDINEA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84859735554     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.7     Document Type: Review

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