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Underserved populations often suffer long delays in diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating screening echocardiography (echo) with remote interpretation in the established primary care system (PC) in Brazil and to assess HD prevalence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Over 11\u2009months, 20 healthcare workers (four physicians, four nurses, and 12 technicians) at 16 PC centres were trained on simplified handheld echo protocols. Three screening (SC) groups, including all consented patients aged 17\u201320, 35\u201340 and 60\u201365\u2009years, and patients referred (RF) for clinical indications underwent focused echo. Studies were remotely interpreted through telemedicine. Significant HD was defined as moderate\/severe valve disease, ventricular dysfunction\/hypertrophy, pericardial effusion, wall-motion abnormalities and congenital heart disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Total 1004 patients underwent echo; 299 (29.8%) in the SC group. Median age was 51\u00b118\u2009years, 63.9% females; 42.7% had cardiovascular symptoms. Significant HD was found in 354 (35.3%) patients (23.4% in SC vs 40.3% in RF group, p&lt;0.001). Prevalence was higher in patients in the SC group aged &gt;60\u2009years (29.2%), compared with 35\u201340 (14.9%) and under 20 (16.5%), p=0.012. Comparing SC to RF groups, moderate\/severe left ventricular dysfunction was observed in 4.1% vs 8.1%, p=0.03, mitral regurgitation in 8.9% vs 20.3%, p&lt;0.001 and aortic stenosis in 5.4% vs 4.3%, p=0.51.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Integration focused echo into PC is feasible in Brazil as a strategy to deliver cardiovascular care to low-resourced areas through task shifting. 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