Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening.

Joshua Reginald FrancisHelen FairhurstHilary HardefeldtShannon BrownChelsea RyanKurt BrownGreg SmithRoz BaartzAri HortonGillian WhalleyJames MarangouAlex KaethnerAnthony Dk DraperChristian L JamesAlice G MitchellJennifer YanAnna RalphBo Remenyi

Published in: The Medical journal of Australia (2020)

Passive case finding for ARF and RHD is inadequate in some remote Australian communities with a very high burden of RHD, placing children and young people with undetected RHD at great risk of poor health outcomes. Active case finding by regular echocardiographic screening is required in such areas.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
left ventricular
mitral valve
south africa
left atrial
rheumatoid arthritis
ejection fraction
middle aged