Rheumatic silent carditis: Echocardiographic diagnosis and prognosis of long-term follow up

Pediatrics International

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 685-689

  Pekpak, Esra ^a   Atalay, Semra ^a   Karadeniz, Cem ^a   Demir, Fikri ^a   Tutar, Ercan ^a   Uçar, Tayfun ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

carditis; echocardiography; rheumatic fever; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVIDENT CARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SILENT CARDITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ECHOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TIME;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890561382     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12163     Document Type: Article

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