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Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2015 Jun 5;105(5):384–388. doi: 10.7196/samj.7898

Table 2.

Description of the echocardiographic features in children presenting with ARF/RHD

	All (N=49) n (%)	Hospitalised patients (n=31)			Outpatients, RHD only (n=18) n (%)
	All (N=49) n (%)	ARF only (n=9) n (%)	ARF + RHD (n=7) n (%)	RHD only (n=15) n (%)	Outpatients, RHD only (n=18) n (%)
MR	44 (89.8)	4 (44.4)	7 (100)	15 (100)	18 (100)
MR + MS	2 (4.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (14.3)	1 (6.7)	-
MR + AR	16 (32.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (28.6)	9 (60.0)	5 (27.8)
Left ventricular systolic dysfunction	21 (42.9)	3 (33.3)	4 (57.1)	7 (46.7)	7 (38.9)
Pulmonary hypertension	17 (34.7)	1 (11.1)	1 (14.3)	11 (73.3%)	4 (22.2)