TY  - EJOU
AU  - Branco, Carlos E. B. 
AU  - Sampaio, Roney O. 
AU  - Tarasoutchi, Flavio 
AU  - Zachariah, Justin P. 

TI  - Is population‐based screening for rheumatic heart disease precluded by the Cairo accord? Echocardiography...and beyond
T2  - Structural and Congenital Heart Disease

PY  - 2018
VL  - 13
IS  - 6
SN  - 3071-1738

AB  - In the 2017, “Cairo Accord on Rheumatic Heart Disease—From Molecules to The 
Global Community” experts from endemic areas enumerated an approach to reduce 
the population burden of rheumatic heart disease. The 10 key recommendations in‐
clude immediate logistical objectives as well as domains for further study. 
Echocardiographic population screening programs were relegated to research alone. 
Given the large body of supporting data, relegating echo screening to an investiga‐
tional modality is an opportunity lost.
KW  - children
KW  -  cost‐effectiveness
KW  -  echocardiography
KW  -  health care policy rheumatic heart disease
KW  -  screening

DO  - 10.1111/chd.12676