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Partial atrioventricular septal defect causing confusion with rheumatic heart disease in children in Harare--case
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe.
The Central African Journal of Medicine
|April 4, 2000
Abstract:
Four cases of partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) [corrected] which had been confused with rheumatic heart disease are presented. The need for a full clinical and echocardiographic assessment to reduce this confusion and avoid potentially harmful therapy is highlighted in the report.