Latent rheumatic heart disease: Outcomes 2 years after echocardiographic detection

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1259-1267

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

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

^b UGANDA HEART INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Echocardiography; Follow up; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929942903     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0925-3     Document Type: Article

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