Open AccessPrognostic value of clinical and Doppler echocardiographic findings in children and adolescents with significant rheumatic valvular disease
Author(s) -
Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo,
Eugênio Marcos Andrade Goulart,
Zilda Maria Alves Meira
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.99610
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , valvular heart disease , carditis , doppler echocardiography , heart disease , odds ratio , rheumatic fever , diastole , blood pressure
The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (RF) is based on clinical findings. However, during the chronic phase of the disease, the clinical approach is not sufficient for the follow-up of the patients and the Doppler echocardiography is a tool for the diagnosis of cardiac involvement. Prognostic variables that influence long-term outcomes are not well known.