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Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening by Echocardiography

Éloi Marijon, David S. Celermajer, Muriel Tafflet, Saïd El-Haou, Dinesh Jani, Beatriz Ferreira, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Christophe Paquet, Daniel Sidi, Xavier Jouven

Circulation · 2009 · 156 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Important consideration should be given to echocardiographic criteria for detecting subclinical RHD because the number of cases detected may differ importantly according to the diagnostic criteria utilized. Currently recommended WHO criteria risk missing up to three quarters of cases of subclinically affected and therefore potentially treatable children with RHD.

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