Optimising echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand: not all valve disease is rheumatic.

Webb, Rachel H; Wilson, Nigel J; Lennon, Diana R; Wilson, Elizabeth M; Nicholson, Ross W; Gentles, Tom L; O'Donnell, Clare P; Stirling, John W; Zeng, Irene; Trenholme, Adrian A

Webb, Rachel H; Wilson, Nigel J; Lennon, Diana R; Wilson, Elizabeth M; Nicholson, Ross W; Gentles, Tom L; O'Donnell, Clare P; Stirling, John W; Zeng, Irene; Trenholme, Adrian A.

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Webb RH; Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Cardiol Young ; 21(4): 436-43, 2011 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21450132

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Echocardiography, Doppler/methods; Heart Valve Diseases/diagnosis; Mass Screening/organization & administration; Rheumatic Heart Disease/diagnosis; Adolescent; Age Distribution; Child; Cohort Studies; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Heart Auscultation/methods; Heart Valve Diseases/epidemiology; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; New Zealand/epidemiology; Prevalence; Rheumatic Heart Disease/epidemiology; Risk Assessment; School Health Services; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sex Distribution; Urban Population

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rheumatic Heart Disease / Echocardiography, Doppler / Mass Screening / Heart Valve Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: Cardiol Young Journal subject: ANGIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: New Zealand

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