Rheumatic silent carditis: Echocardiographic diagnosis and prognosis of long-term follow up

Pekpak E., Atalay S., Karadeniz C., Demir F., Tutar E., UÇAR T.

PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, vol.55, no.6, pp.685-689, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/ped.12163
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.685-689
  • Keywords: carditis, echocardiography, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, CLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS, HEART-DISEASE, FEVER, ARTHRITIS, CRITERIA, CHILDREN
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BackgroundRheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease continue to be an important public health problem in developing countries. Doppler echocardiography is now widely used for early detection and recurrence of clinical evident carditis (CC) and silent (subclinical) carditis (SC). The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of SC and to compare clinical and echocardiographic features of CC and SC.