title: Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in school-going children of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rheumatic heart disease is a major health problem in our country. There is evidence from South India that its prevalence is declining. This study attempts to confirm whether this is so in North India as well.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 118,212 (68,357 males, 49,855 females) schoolchildren in the age group of 4-18 years were examined for the presence of heart disease. Evaluation, including echocardiography, confirmed that of a total of 389 suspected to have heart disease, 61 had rheumatic heart disease. Thus, the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease was found to be approximately 0.5 per 1000 children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a fairly large school survey conducted by us, the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease turned out to be approximately 0.5 per 1000 children. This is the lowest figure reported from our country so far and confirms the decline of this disease in our country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. mukul_rk_misra@indiatimes.com
authors.forename: Mukul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Mahim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Rk
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Am
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Gyan
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authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Dp
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
authors.forename: Rp
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mall
authors.forename: Mohd J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Suyash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: Kb
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors