Cribado ecocardiográfico para la enfermedad reumática del corazón en niños australianos de alto y bajo riesgo

Kathryn Roberts1, Graeme Maguire, Alex Brown

  • 1Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (K.R., B.R., J.-Y.S., J.R.C.); Department of Paediatrics (K.R.) and Northern Territory Cardiac Services (B.R.), Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Baker IDI Central Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (G.M., A.B.); Cairns Clinical School, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (G.M.); South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (A.B.); School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia (A.B.); Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Broome, Western Australia, Australia (D.A.); Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Broome, Western Australia, Australia (D.A.); Department of Cardiology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (G.W., A.K.); Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (G.W.); Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India (R.K.K.); Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (J.-Y.S.); Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (J.R.C.).

Circulation
|March 14, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

El cribado de la enfermedad cardíaca reumática (ERC) en niños indígenas australianos encontró una prevalencia de 8,6 por cada 1000 para ERC definida utilizando los nuevos criterios de la Federación Mundial del Corazón. Borderline RHD se observó en ambos grupos de alto y bajo riesgo, lo que requiere más estudios.

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