Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in North‐Central Nigeria: a school‐based cross‐sectional pilot study

Abstract

This study showed a high prevalence of RHD among secondary schoolchildren in North-Central Nigeria with a vast predominance of asymptomatic borderline lesions. Larger school-based echocardiography screening using portable or handheld echocardiography aimed at early detection of subclinical RHD should be adopted.