Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic condition responsible of congestive heart failure, stroke and arrhythmia. Almost eradicated in high-income countries (HIC), it persists in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility and meaningfulness of ultrasound-based RHD screening among the population of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy and determine the burden of asymptomatic RHD among this discrete population.

Condemi, F., Rossi, G., Lupiz, M., Pagano, A., Zamatto, F., Marini, S., et al. (2019). Screening of asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease among refugee/migrant children and youths in Italy. PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY ONLINE JOURNAL, 17(1), 12 [10.1186/s12969-019-0314-9].

Screening of asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease among refugee/migrant children and youths in Italy

Condemi F.;Pagano A.;Marini S.;Romeo F.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic condition responsible of congestive heart failure, stroke and arrhythmia. Almost eradicated in high-income countries (HIC), it persists in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility and meaningfulness of ultrasound-based RHD screening among the population of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy and determine the burden of asymptomatic RHD among this discrete population.
2019
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/11 - MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE
Settore BIO/10 - BIOCHIMICA
English
Echocardiography; Migrants health; Population screening; ‘borderline Rheumatic Heart Disease’; ‘definite Rheumatic Heart Disease’; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Echocardiography; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Mass Screening; Prevalence; Refugees; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Risk Factors; Transients and Migrants; Young Adult
Condemi, F., Rossi, G., Lupiz, M., Pagano, A., Zamatto, F., Marini, S., et al. (2019). Screening of asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease among refugee/migrant children and youths in Italy. PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY ONLINE JOURNAL, 17(1), 12 [10.1186/s12969-019-0314-9].
Condemi, F; Rossi, G; Lupiz, M; Pagano, A; Zamatto, F; Marini, S; Romeo, F; De Maio, G
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