Prognostic value of clinical and Doppler echocardiographic findings in children and adolescents with significant rheumatic valvular disease

• Main Authors: Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo (Author), Eugênio Marcos Andrade Goulart (Author), Zilda Maria Alves Meira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (RF) is based on clinical findings. However, during the chronic phase of the disease, the clinical approach is not sufficient for the follow-up of the patients and the Doppler echocardiography is a tool for the diagnosis of cardiac involvement. Pr...