Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in high and low risk Australian children

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1953-1961

  Roberts, Kathryn ^a   Maguire, Graeme ^c,d   Brown, Alex ^c,e,f   Atkinson, David ^g,h   Reményi, Bo ^a,b   Wheaton, Gavin ^i,j   Kelly, Andrew ⁱ   Kumar, Raman K ^k   Su, Jiunn Yih ^a,l   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,m  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

ⁱ WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^l Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mass screening; Pediatrics; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BORDERLINE STATE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX RATIO; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901501833     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003495     Document Type: Article

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