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See Latest ArticlesRheumatic Heart Disease Screening by Echocardiography. The Inadequacy of World Health Organization Criteria for Optimizing the Diagnosis of Subclinical Disease
Circulation, 08/14/09
Marijon E et al. – Important consideration should be given to echocardiographic criteria for detecting subclinical RHD because the number of cases detected may differ importantly according to the diagnostic criteria utilized. Currently recommended WHO criteria risk missing up to three quarters of cases of subclinically affected and therefore potentially treatable children with RHD.
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