Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in African school-aged population: Extrapolation from echocardiography screening using the 2012 World Heart Federation Guidelines

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2016, Pages 238-239

  Weinberg, Jacqueline ^a   Beaton, Andrea ^b   Aliku, Twalib ^c   Lwabi, Peter ^d   Sable, Craig ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^c GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UGANDA HEART INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84959196802     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.128     Document Type: Article

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