Table 3 Characteristics of valve disease in 139 children diagnosed with latent RHD. The combinations of cardiac findings at the echo-cardio examination showed in the table, define and differentiate the cases of ‘definite’ and ‘borderline’ RH, according to the World Heart Federation criteria [18]
From: Screening of asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease among refugee/migrant children and youths in Italy
Characteristic of the MV valve | Number | Proportion | |
|---|---|---|---|
Definite RDH | 17 | ||
Presence of pathological MRa with at least two morphological features of RHD of the MVb | Thick AMVL+ Thick Chorde | 8 | 47.0% |
Thick AMVL+ Thick Chorde+ Excessive Leaflet Motion | 6 | 35.3% | |
Thick AMVL+ Thick Chorde+ Restricted Leaflet Motion | 2 | 11.8% | |
Multiple valve lesion | 1 | 5.9% | |
Borderline RHD | 122 | ||
Thick AMVL + Thick Chorde | 72 | 59.0% | |
Thick AMVL + Thick Chorde+ Excessive Leaflet Motion | 32 | 26.2% | |
Thick AMVL + Thick Chorde+ Restrictive Leaflet Motion | 10 | 8.2% | |
Others | 8 | 6.6% |