Echocardiography for latent rheumatic heart disease in first degree relatives of children with acute rheumatic fever: Implications for active case finding in family members

BACKGROUND: Individuals with Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) often report a family history of ARF or Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) however the degree of familial susceptibility to RHD is poorly defined. This study aimed to determine RHD prevalence among first degree relatives of ARF patients using echoc...

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Autores principales: Culliford-Semmens, Nicola, Tilton, Elizabeth, Wilson, Nigel, Stirling, John, Doughty, Robert, Gentles, Thomas, Peat, Briar, Dimalapang, Eliazar, Webb, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8343257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34386737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100935

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