Prognostic value of clinical and Doppler echocardiographic findings in children and adolescents with significant rheumatic valvular disease

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Da Rocha Araújo, Fátima Derlene ^a   Andrade Goulart, Eugênio Marcos ^a   Alves Meira, Zilda Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; prognosis; rheumatic fever; rheumatic valvular disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUSCULTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84865744440     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.99610     Document Type: Article

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