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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Autores principales: da Silva, Telêmaco Luis, Pazin-Filho, Antonio, Romano, Minna M. D., Ferriani, Virgínia P. L., Marin-Neto, José A., Maciel, Benedito C., Schmidt, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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