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Treating acute rheumatic fever

open access: yesBMJ, 2003
So many years, and yet we do not know if steroids should be used Rheumatic fever is a delayed complication of pharyngeal infection with group β haemolytic streptococci. Susceptible individuals develop a diffuse inflammatory disease of the heart, joints, brain, blood vessels, and subcutaneous tissue.
openaire   +4 more sources

RHEUMATIC FEVER AS NONVANISHING DISEASE: A PROBLEM STATE AND CLINICAL CASES

open access: yesРациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2016
Early diagnostics and treatment of patients with acute rheumatic fever (RF) remains actual problem because rheumatic heart disease is still one of the main causes of acquired valvular lesions.
N. A. Shostak   +4 more
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Acute rheumatic fever with three major criteria: polyarthritis, carditis and chorea. A case report

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1998
An eight-year-old girl is presented with three major criteria of acute rheumatic fever: polyarthritis, carditis and chorea. The diagnosis was confirmed with a history of pharyngitis 15 days prior to admission and with the findings of positive ...
N Günal, C Atakan, G Köse, B Atasay
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The great simulator [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Cardiac myxoma often simulates multisystem disease and initially defies diagnosis. In this paper, we present three cases of cardiac myxoma in adults.
Aquilina, Oscar   +2 more
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Rheumatic heart disease: how many interventions and complications can a patient overcome?

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Cardiology
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a serious, long-term consequence of acute rheumatic fever that is characterized by progressive evolution over the years.
Niţă Bianca Adriana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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