Prevalence and follow-up of subclinical rheumatic heart disease among asymptomatic school children in a north-western district of India based on the World Heart Federation echocardiographic criteria.

Dinesh ChoudharySadik Raja PanwarBal Kishan GuptaRaja Babu PanwarRajeev GuptaManeesha BhayaRajesh BeniwalVasim Raja PanwarArvind SharmaJigyasa GuptaNavin C Nanda

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)

The prevalence of subclinical RHD is high in the study population, and the disease seems to regress over time in the presence of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis.

Keyphrases

risk factors
south africa
pulmonary hypertension
rheumatoid arthritis
heart failure
left ventricular
mitral valve
atrial fibrillation
left atrial
tertiary care