Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in African school-aged population: Extrapolation from echocardiography screening using the 2012 World Heart Federation Guidelines

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 1:202:238-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.128. Epub 2015 Sep 12.

Authors

Jacqueline Weinberg¹, Andrea Beaton², Twalib Aliku³, Peter Lwabi⁴, Craig Sable²

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.
⁴ Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda.

PMID: 26402451
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.128

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Child
Echocardiography*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / epidemiology*
Societies, Medical*