近距离扫描 (LENO BESIK) 对澳大利亚和东帝汶风湿性心脏病的任务共享回声心脏学活跃病例发现计划的评估:混合型II有效性实施研究的协议

Benjamin Jones1,2, James Marangou2, Jennifer Yan2,3,4

  • 1Health Systems Collaborative, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

BMJ open
|October 18, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究将评估一种新的方法,用于在澳大利亚和东帝汶使用便携式心声回声仪检测风湿性心脏病 (RHD). 其目标是改善风险人群中RHD的早期诊断和治疗.

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