Challenges for the Implementation of the First Large-Scale Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Brazil: The PROVAR Study Experience

• Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 370 - 374
• Main Authors: Santos, Julia Pereira Afonso Dos, Carmo, Gabriel Assis Lopes do, Beaton, Andrea Zawacki, Lourenço, Tainá Vitti, Diamantino, Adriana Costa, Nunes, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Sable, Craig, Nascimento, Bruno Ramos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 01.04.2017; Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescente; Brazil - epidemiology; CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS; Cardiopatia Reumática; Child; Child, Preschool; Crianças; Echocardiography; Ecocardiografia; Health Plan Implementation - organization & administration; Humans; Mass Screening - methods; Mass Screening - organization & administration; Patient Education as Topic; Prevalence; Programas de Rastreamento; Rheumatic Heart Disease - diagnostic imaging; Rheumatic Heart Disease - epidemiology; Socioeconomic Factors; Telemedicine; United States - epidemiology; Viewpoint; Cardiopatia Reumática; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Mass Screening; Echocardiography; Programas de Rastreamento; Ecocardiografia; Adolescent; Crianças; Child; Adolescente