PM275 Comparison of Criteria for Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: WHO/NIH Criteria vs World Heart Federation Criteria

Normal echocardiographic mitral and aortic valve thickness in children

“…Valve thickness measurements were also obtained from 51 subjects with RHD. These echocardiograms were obtained during the same previously published population-based RHD prevalence study 12 18. The RHD classification by the WHF criteria was performed in a re-analysis of cases by a panel of three cardiologists.…”