Echocardiographic pattern of rheumatic valvular disease in a contemporary sub-Saharan African pediatric population: An audit of a major cardiac ultrasound unit in Yaounde, Cameroon

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nkoke, Clovis ^a   Lekoubou, Alain ^b   Dzudie, Anastase ^c   Jingi, Ahmadou Musa ^a   Kingue, Samuel ^a   Menanga, Alain ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Children; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; REGISTER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84961241995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0584-z     Document Type: Article

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