RCT: In a population with a high prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease, screening schoolchildren with echocardiography can enable timely initiation of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis

Effectiveness of Systematic Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepalese Schoolchildren: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Cardiology

Commentaries: Echo Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kids Gets a Boost – TCTMD

Editorial: Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease—Quo Vadis?

Author interview: Systematic Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepalese Schoolchildren – JAMA

Commentary on Twitter

RHD accounts for the highest number of deaths due to #VHD worldwide. Cluster RCT in Nepal indicates effectiveness of early detection of clinically silent #RHD by echocardiographic screening of schoolchildren and timely initiation of secondary prophylaxis https://t.co/gCCt4LzV7X

— JAMA Cardiology (@JAMACardio) January 20, 2021

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