EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORLD HEART FEDERATION CRITERIA FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: DATA FROM THE PROVAR STUDY

Autor: Clara L. Fraga, Maria do Carmo Nunes, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Rodrigo Citton Padilha Reis, Allison R. Tompsett, Enrico A. Colosimo, Craig Sable, Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Emilly M. Lima
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A1544
ISSN: 0735-1097
Popis: The World Heart Federation (WHF) criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are widely used to estimate disease burden. However, concerns have been raised that these criteria may be complex for population-based screening, including normal cases in the borderline RHD
Databáze: OpenAIRE