Focused cardiac ultrasound screening for rheumatic heart disease by briefly trained health workers: a study of diagnostic accuracy Dr Daniel Engelman,

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Focused cardiac ultrasound screening for rheumatic heart disease by briefly trained health workers: a study of diagnostic accuracy Dr Daniel Engelman, MBBS, Joseph H Kado, MBBS, Bo Reményi, MBBS, Samantha M Colquhoun, PhD, Jonathan R Carapetis, PhD, Susan Donath, MA, Nigel J Wilson, MBChB, Andrew C Steer, PhD The Lancet Global Health Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages e386-e394 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30065-1 Copyright © 2016 Engelman et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Study sites in Fiji Each pin represents one school screening site. The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e386-e394DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30065-1) Copyright © 2016 Engelman et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Study flow diagram FoCUS=focused cardiac ultrasound. The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e386-e394DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30065-1) Copyright © 2016 Engelman et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions