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Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1962 These authors critically evaluate the reports of treatment regimens that have been proposed recently. They then go on to outline a plan which in their opinion combines the benefits of earlier plans with attractive practicality.
Milton Markowitz
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Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 1993 The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever has become difficult. A growing number of diseases that were not recognized in the past could fulfill its diagnostic criteria. We emphasize its changing incidence, current knowledge of its pathogenesis, and lesser known clinical features such as pneumonitis, encephalitis and glomerulonephritis.
Alan L. Bisno
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Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review [PDF]
Communications MedicineBackground Rheumatic heart disease, the long-term sequel to acute rheumatic fever, remains a prevalent public health problem in Africa and other low to middle-income regions of the world.
Rui Providencia +10 more
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The rise and fall of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a mini review [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 IntroductionThe incidences of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which were leading causes of death in children in the 1920s, have decreased substantially.
Yunmei Liang +6 more
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, 2010 Abstract Acute rheumatic fever is an immunologically mediated multisystem disease induced by recent infection with group A streptococcus. About 5% of people have the potential to develop acute rheumatic fever after infection by a strain of streptococcus with propensity to cause the condition. Most cases (97%) occur in low-income and some
Anil Kumar Singhi +2 more
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Revisiting The Value of Anti-streptolysin O Titer in Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Pediatric Sciences Journal, 2022 Background: Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are the significant non-suppurative late sequelae of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection.
Mohamed S. Eid +4 more
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Submitral aneurysm (SMA) is a rare congenital out-pouching of left ventricular wall, invariably occurring adjacent to the posterior leaflet of mitral valve.
Rajeshwari S Vohra +2 more
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Rheumatic Fever (ARF) is an autoimmune, nonsuppurative sequela of pharyngeal infection caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GAS). It remains a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity in developing countries. This article reviews the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical stages, types, diagnostic methods (laboratory and instrumental ...
Chowdhury MDS, Koziatek CA, Rajnik M.
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Echocardiography in acute rheumatic fever
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2009 Ramakrishnan S
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Promising approaches to early diagnosis of chronic rheumatic heart disease
Наука и инновации в медицине, 2022 Aim to determine the prevalence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and chronic rheumatic heart disease (HRHD) in adults on the example of the Samara region and to propose measures for the early detection and prevention of valvular heart lesions.
Galina V. Santalova +4 more
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