The utility of handheld echocardiography for early diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-49

  Beaton, Andrea ^a   Aliku, Twalib ^b   Okello, Emmy ^b   Lubega, Sulaiman ^b   McCarter, Robert ^a   Lwabi, Peter ^b   Sable, Craig ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Handheld echocardiography; Rheumatic heart disease; Screening

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; UGANDA;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FCU; FOCUSED CARDIAC ULTRASOUND; HAND; HANDHELD ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RHD; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING; STAND; STANDARD PORTABLE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WHF; WORLD HEART FEDERATION;

CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894550917     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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