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Mitral valve thickening in acute rheumatic fever as a predictor of late valvar dysfunction
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complicating acute rheumatic fever (ARF) remains an important health problem in developing countries. No definitive diagnostic test for ARF exists and the role of Doppler echocardiography (DEC) for long-term prognostic evaluation following ARF is not well es...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34788321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259737 |