Refining morphological echocardiographic criteria to improve early detection of rheumatic heart disease

Heart. 2023 Jul 27;109(16):1200-1201. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322325.

Authors

Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes¹, Jose Augusto Almeida Barbosa², Ana Mocumbi³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil mcarmo@waymail.com.br.
² Post Graduation Program in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
³ Non Communicable Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique.

PMID: 37173128
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322325

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Keywords: echocardiography; heart valve diseases.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Early Diagnosis
Echocardiography
Heart Valve Diseases* / diagnosis
Humans
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / diagnostic imaging