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Handheld Echocardiography Versus Auscultation for Detection of Rheumatic Heart Disease

DOI

68

Citations

12

References

2015

Year

Justin Godown, Jimmy C. Lu, Andrea Beaton, Craig Sable, Grace Mirembe, Richard E. Sanya, Twalib Aliku, Sunkyung Yu, Peter Lwabi, Catherine L. Webb,
PEDIATRICS

Abstract

Auscultation alone is a poor screening test for RHD. HAND significantly improves detection of RHD and may be a cost-effective screening strategy for RHD in resource-limited settings.

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