Echocardiographic screening of 4107 Nigerian school children for rheumatic heart disease.
Ekure EN, Amadi C, Sokunbi O, Kalu N, Olusegun-Joseph A, Kushimo O, Hassan O, Ikebudu D, Onyia S, Onwudiwe C, Nwankwo V, Akinwunmi R, Awusa F, Akere Z, Dele-Salawu O, Ajayi E, Ale O, Muoneke D, Muenke M, Kruszka P, Beaton A, Sable C, Adeyemo A.
Ekure EN, et al.
Trop Med Int Health. 2019 Jun;24(6):757-765. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13235. Epub 2019 Apr 8.
Trop Med Int Health. 2019.
PMID: 30938017
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There were 38 children with abnormal echocardiograms, of which 11 (0.27%) showed RHD including two cases of definite RHD giving a prevalence of 2.7/1000 [2.9/1000 in the peri-urban, 2.4/1000 in the urban area). Echocardiography detected RHD 10 times better than ausc …
There were 38 children with abnormal echocardiograms, of which 11 (0.27%) showed RHD including two cases of definite RHD giving a prevalence …