Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in school going children of Meghalaya - An echocardiographic study from Northeast of India
Subclinical RHD prevalence in Meghalaya's children is significantly higher than clinical RHD. These findings highlight the need for a national registry to monitor subclinical cases and evaluate the impact of future interventions.
Authors
- Devinder Toor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-0558)
- Vishal Sagar
- Vanlalmalsawmdawngliana Fanai
- Wihiwot Valarie Lyngdoh
- Manish Kapoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2492-987X)
- Anuradha Chakraborti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-7558)
- Pinak Pani Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8187-5631)
- Arun Kumar Gunasekaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8724-3280)
- Denzelle Lyngdoh
Institutions
- Amity University (IN)
- North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (IN)
- Public Health Department (IN)
- Shree Krishna Hospital (IN)
- National Public Health Laboratory (NP)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Heart Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2025.08.002
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00