Valvular Regurgitation Using Portable Echocardiography in a Healthy Student Population: Implications for Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 981-988

  Webb, Rachel H ^a   Gentles, Tom L ^a   Stirling, John W ^a   Lee, Mildred ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^a   Wilson, Nigel J ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ARF; Echocardiography; Public health screening; RHD; Valvular regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; COMORBIDITY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MINIATURIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINIATURIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 84938549466     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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