Mitral valve thickening in acute rheumatic fever as a predictor of late valvar dysfunction

<h4>Background</h4> Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complicating acute rheumatic fever (ARF) remains an important health problem in developing countries. No definitive diagnostic test for ARF exists and the role of Doppler echocardiography (DEC) for long-term prognostic evaluation followin...

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Main Authors: Telêmaco Luis da Silva, Antonio Pazin-Filho, Minna M. D. Romano, Virgínia P. L. Ferriani, José A. Marin-Neto, Benedito C. Maciel, André Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598055/?tool=EBI