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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-seven patients were examined with a small portable echocardiograph in Wad Medani Teaching Hospital in central Sudan. The cardiac alterations detected in the referred patients, namely valvular disease and pericardial effusion, suggested a high prevalence of inflammatory heart disease in this area. Other findings were dilatative cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, mitral valve prolapse and a cardiac mass. Echocardiographic examination of patients with advanced hepatosplenic schistosomiasis revealed no evidence of cardiac alterations or abnormal right heart function. For echocardiography a general purpose ultrasound scanner, as defined by the World Health Organization, was used, additionally equipped with M mode facilities. It was concluded that echocardiography is applicable even in remote tropical areas and that its value, considering costs, therapeutic consequences and clinical benefit in developing countries, can be substantial. It was particularly helpful with pericardial disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
749-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Results of echocardiographic examinations in a regional hospital of central Sudan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't