Abstract:
:The diagnosis of carditis in acute rheumatic fever traditionally depends on characteristic auscultatory findings. The advent of pulsed and colour Doppler echocardiography provides a method of detecting minor degrees of pathological regurgitation without characteristic clinical signs. Using strict criteria, pathological left heart regurgitation can be differentiated from physiological regurgitation: colour Doppler must show a substantial colour jet in two planes extending well beyond the valve leaflets; pulsed Doppler must confirm a high velocity signal, holosystolic for mitral regurgitation, or holodiastolic for aortic regurgitation. Several centres have observed subclinical carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever. We are confident that we are not overdiagnosing valvulitis, having tested this in a blinded fashion. Subclinical valvulitis should be accepted as evidence of carditis, a major diagnostic criterion for acute rheumatic fever.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Wilson NJ,Neutze JMdoi
10.1016/0167-5273(95)02325-qsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-06-02 00:00:00pages
1-6issue
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0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
016752739502325Qjournal_volume
50pub_type
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2005-05-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-09-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2015-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-12-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(84)90322-x
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2010-11-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2017-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.100
更新日期:2013-06-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.03.047
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.067
更新日期:2015-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(94)90005-1
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.099
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.018
更新日期:2012-02-23 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-01-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 评论,信件
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更新日期:2007-07-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.07.015
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00478-8
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.021
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.08.095
更新日期:2021-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00377-5
更新日期:1999-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1986-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(86)90243-3
更新日期:1986-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.124
更新日期:2008-01-24 00:00:00