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. 2024 Apr 25;19(1):39. doi: 10.5334/gh.1318

Table 3.

Rheumatic heart disease findings on screening echo.


CRITERIA USED RHD ANY n, % MITRAL REGURGITATION, n (%) MITRAL STENOSIS (ANY), n (%) AORTIC REGURGITATION (ANY), n (%) AORTIC STENOSIS (ANY), n (%)

Studies using Portable or Handlehd Echocardiography

Otto 2011 WHO consensus statement 2001 Any: 16 (4.6%)
Definite: 8
Nondefinite: 8
Any: 12 (3.6%)
Mild: 7
Mid/Moderate: 2
Moderate: 2
Moderate/Severe: 1
0 Any: 6 (1.7%)
Mild: 6
0

Beaton 2019 WHF Any: 51 (1.5%)
Mild: 31
Moderate: 14
Severe: 6
Any: 45 (1.3%)
Mild: 28
Moderate: 15
Severe: 2
Any: 3 (0.1%)
Mild: 2
Moderate: 1
Any: 7 (0.2%)
Mild: 5
Moderate: 1
Severe: 1
0

Nascimento 2021 Adapted ASE criteria for major heart disease Any: 12 (1.1%)* Any: 12 (1.1%)
Mild to moderate: 11
Moderate: 1
Any: 1 (0.1%)
Mild: 1
Any: 3 (0.3%)
Mild: 3
Any: 1 (0.1%)
Mild: 1

Snelgrove 2021 WHF Any: 3 (0.5%) Any: 1 (0.2%)
Moderate: 1
Any: 2 (0.33%)
Severe: 2
Any: 1 (0.2%)
Moderate: 1
0

AlSharqi 2022 ASE/EACVI recommendations Any: 20 (6.6%) ‘mitral valve involvement’: 20 (6.6%) Significant: 17 (5.6%) ‘aortic valve involvement’ 3 (1%) Significant: 1 (0.3%)

Screening using standard echocardiography or nonspecified echocardiographer

Selvarani 2014 NA Any: 17 (1.5%) Any: 1 (0.1%) Any: 14 (1.2%) Any: 3 (0.03%) NA

Bacha 2019 WHF Significant:
9 (2.3%)
Any: 4 (1%)
Moderate to Severe: 2
NS: 2
Moderate to Severe: 3 (0.8%) Moderate to Severe: 2 (0.5%) Moderate to Severe: 2(0.5%)

Gomathi 2019 NA Any: 12 (4.0%) Any: 4 (1.3%) Any: 4 (1.3%)
Moderate: 3
Not specified: 1
Any: 1 (0.3%)
Not specified: 1
Any: 1 (0.3%)
Not specified: 1

Bozkaya 2020 WHF Any: 26 (2.9%) Any 24 (2.7%)
Mild: 20
Moderate: 4
Mild: 2 (0.2%) 0 0

Patel 2021 NA 61 (0.4%) Any: not specified; ‘mitral valve involvement’: 61 Number not specified, but ‘90% were mild to moderate, and 67% had Wilkins score <8’ NA NA

*RHD on screening was suspected in 36 women (3.2%), but only 56 of the 100 women who screened positive had a confirmatory echocardiogram.