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Prevalence and prognostic value of echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease

OBJECTIVE: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major health problem in many low-income and middle-income countries. The use of echocardiographic imaging suggests that subclinical disease is far more widespread than previously appreciated, but little is known as to how these mild forms of RHD pro...

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Autores principales: Kotit, Susy, Said, Karim, ElFaramawy, Amr, Mahmoud, Hani, Phillips, David I W, Yacoub, Magdi H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5761310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29344370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2017-000702