Echocardiography screening to detect rheumatic heart disease: A cohort study of schoolchildren in French Pacific Islands

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-95

  Mirabel, Mariana ^a,b,c   Fauchier, Thomas ^a,d   Bacquelin, Raoul ^a   Tafflet, Muriel ^a   Germain, Agnès ^d   Robillard, Corinne ^d   Rouchon, Bernard ^d   Marijon, Eloi ^a,b,c   Jouven, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Cardiology and Development   (France)

^d Agence Sanitaire et Sociale de Nouvelle Calédonie   (France)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Global health; Heart valve disease; Rheumatic heart disease; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW CALEDONIA; ODDS RATIO; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 84929300489     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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