Williamson, Jacqueline

McLeod, Amelia

Marangou, James

Remenyi, Bo

Morris, Peter

Whalley, Gillian

2025-01-09

Rheumatic heart disease remains prevalent in some regions of Australia and New Zealand. Echocardiography is the gold standard for detection and diagnosis using the 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines. The guidelines describe specific features of mitral and aortic valve morphology and define pathological regurgitation associated with RHD. The aim of this education piece was to assist cardiac sonographers and reporting specialists in the accurate detection, diagnosis, and classification of RHD findings. We present the echocardiographic features of RHD as defined by the 2023 WHF guidelines, including a poster summarising the individual criteria for diagnosis.

Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Charles Darwin University Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Flinders Medical Centre Adelaide South Australia Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Cardiology Department Royal Perth Hospital Perth Western Australia Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Royal Darwin Hospital Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Royal Darwin Hospital Darwin Northern Territory Australia.

Department of Medicine, Otago School of Medicine Otago University Dunedin New Zealand.

Australas J Ultrasound Med . 2025 Jan 9;28(1):e12421. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12421. eCollection 2025 Feb.

2205-0140

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39871853/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/13952

echocardiography

guidelines

rheumatic heart disease

Application of the 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease.

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