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, cilt.55, sa.6, ss.685-689, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ped.12163
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.685-689
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: carditis, echocardiography, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, CLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS, HEART-DISEASE, FEVER, ARTHRITIS, CRITERIA, CHILDREN
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.