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Time to use ultrasound and not stethoscopes for rheumatic heart disease screening

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    Eloi Marijon, Muriel Tafflet & Xavier Jouven

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Marijon, E., Tafflet, M. & Jouven, X. Time to use ultrasound and not stethoscopes for rheumatic heart disease screening. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, E1–E3 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1300

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