Key result
Among 12 children with acute rheumatic fever, echocardiography detected subclinical carditis in 4 patients whose cardiac involvement was clinically silent.
Why the study?
Does echocardiography improve the detection of carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever compared to clinical evaluation alone?
Population
12 children treated for acute rheumatic fever during an outbreak in Trieste, Italy in 2008.
Comparison
Echocardiography vs Clinical evaluation
Design
Editorial
Authors
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Echocardiography is crucial for detecting subclinical carditis in patients with suspected acute rheumatic fever and should be considered a major diagnostic criterion.
Does echocardiography improve the detection of carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever compared to clinical evaluation alone?
Echocardiography is crucial for detecting subclinical carditis in patients with suspected acute rheumatic fever and should be considered a major diagnostic criterion.
Benettoni et al. (2009) conducted a letter in Acute rheumatic fever (n=12). Echocardiography vs. Clinical evaluation was evaluated on Detection of cardiac involvement (subclinical carditis). Among 12 children with acute rheumatic fever, echocardiography detected subclinical carditis in 4 patients whose cardiac involvement was clinically silent.
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