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Standard echocardiography versus handheld echocardiography for the detection of subclinical rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

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  • Lisa Helen Telford Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Leila Hussein Abdullahi Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaDepartment of Policy and Research, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eleanor Atieno Ochodo Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Liesl Joanna Zuhlke Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mark Emmanuel Engel Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Lisa Helen Telford; lisa.telford{at}uct.ac.za
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Telford LH, Abdullahi LH, Ochodo EA, et al
Standard echocardiography versus handheld echocardiography for the detection of subclinical rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

Publication history

  • Received March 11, 2020
  • Revised August 24, 2020
  • Accepted October 1, 2020
  • First published October 29, 2020.
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May 24, 2023

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