Comparison of approaches to determine echocardiographic outcomes for children with latent rheumatic heart disease.
Joselyn RwebemberaAndrea BeatonEmmy OkelloDaniel EngelmanNdate FallMariana MirabelMiriam NakittoMaria Carmo Pereira NunesJafesi PulleRachel SarnackiAmy ScheelLiesl ZuhlkeAnneke GroblerAndrew Craig SteerCraig A SablePublished in: Open heart (2022)
There was good agreement between the methods of serial and side-by-side interpretation of echocardiograms for change over time, using the World Heart Federation criteria. Side-by-side interpretation has higher specificity for change, with fewer differences in the interpretation of valvular morphology, as compared with serial interpretation.