%0 Journal Article
%T Screening of asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease among refugee/migrant children and youths in Italy
%A Antonio Pagano
%A Federica Zamatto
%A Fortunata Condemi
%A Francesco Romeo
%A Gabriele Rossi
%A Gianfranco De Maio
%A Miguel Lupiz
%A Stefano Marini
%J Archive of "Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.1186/s12969-019-0314-9
%X Flow diagram of the Screening and Retesting activity for RHD. The combined screening of 653 migrants/refugees children and youths, carried out through the two-dimensional echocardiogram ¡°GE Healthcare 2007¡±, and the retesting activity performed with the fixed ultrasound echocardiography machine Siemens ¡°Acuson X700¡±, allowed to identify 17 ¡®definite RHD¡¯ and 122 ¡®borderline RDH¡¯ for a final detection rate of 26.0¡ë and 186.8¡ë, respectivel
%K ¡®definite Rheumatic Heart Disease¡¯
%K ¡®borderline Rheumatic Heart Disease¡¯
%K Echocardiography
%K Migrants health
%K Population screening
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444853/