Cardiologic evaluation of children with suspected heart disease: experience of a public outpatient clinic in Brazil
CONTEXT: During initial evaluation of children on an outpatient basis, the index of suspected heart disease may be high, particularly if we consider that innocent murmur occurs in about 50% of the pediatric population. This is the most common cause of referral to the pediatric cardiologist. OBJECTIV...
Main Authors: | Fernando Amaral, João Antonio Granzotti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
1999-05-01
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000300002&lng=en&tlng=en |
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