Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in 4 515 Sudanese school children: marked disparity between two communities.

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Abstract

Echocardiographic (echo) screening has unmasked a high prevalence of subclinical rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in many countries, and it can be used as a surveillance tool to control the disease.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cardiovasc J Afr

Title: Cardiovascular journal of Africa

Publisher: Clinics Cardive Publishing

ISSN (Electronic): 1680-0745

ISSN (Print): 1015-9657

Publication date (Electronic): May 12 2018

Volume: 29

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum; and Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Sudan Heart Centre, Khartoum, Sudan. Email: sulafaali2000@gmail.com.

[2 ] Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Sudan Heart Centre, Khartoum, Sudan.

[3 ] Department of Paediatrics, Niyala Hospital, South Darfur, Sudan.

[4 ] Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan; and Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

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DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2018-022

PubMed ID: 29750231

SO-VID: f7e9ba80-9ae5-4fb4-a175-c9f0efadb4b2

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