Screening for rheumatic heart disease: Evaluation of a simplified echocardiography-based approach

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1024-1029

  Mirabel, Mariana ^a,b,c   Celermajer, David S ^d   Ferreira, Beatriz ^e   Tafflet, Muriel ^a,b   Perier, Marie Cécile ^a,b   Karam, Nicole ^a,b   Mocumbi, Ana Olga ^e   Jani, Dinesh N ^e   Sidi, Daniel ^b,e,f   Jouven, Xavier ^a,b,d   Marijon, Eloi ^a,b,d  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ICOR   (Mozambique)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Prevention; Rheumatic heart disease; Ultrasounds; Valve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOZAMBIQUE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869415303     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes077     Document Type: Article

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