Screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease : understanding the mechanisms key to the diagnostic criteria
Date
2015
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South African Heart Association
Abstract
This focussed review describes important problems experienced in the world of echocardiographic screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease (RHD). It offers a critical appraisal of the screening criteria and their application and explores some of the fundamental principles underpinning the shortcomings of individual criteria. The author illustrates important mechanisms that underlie the morphological changes seen in RHD that must be accounted for if these criteria are to be rationalised and improved upon.
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CITATION: Herbst, P. 2015. Screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease : understanding the mechanisms key to the diagnostic criteria. SA Heart, 12(3):134-144, doi:10.24170/12-3-1716.
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ
Keywords
Rheumatic heart disease, Echocardiographic stress testing, Medical screening
Citation
Herbst, P. 2015. Screening for asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease : understanding the mechanisms key to the diagnostic criteria. SA Heart, 12(3):134-144, doi:10.24170/12-3-1716.