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Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis followed shortly by acute rheumatic fever [PDF]
, 1987 A 16 year old girl with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis developed acute rheumatic fever 19 days afterwards. Previous publications on concurrent post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever are reviewed ...
Kwong, YL +5 more
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Sixteen year retrospective analysis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic heart disease patients undergoing valve procedures at Groote Schuur Hospital first incidence single aortic and mitral valve replacement [PDF]
, 2012 Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most common cause of valvular heart lesions requiring replacement or repair procedures worldwide.
Ogunrombi, Akinwumi Babatunde
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Rheumatic heart disease in Tennessee: An overlooked diagnosis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014 Rheumatic heart disease, already a major burden in low- and middle-income countries, is becoming an emerging problem in high-income countries. Although acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease have almost been eradicated in areas with ...
Shahana A Choudhury, Vernat Exil
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Advanced heart block in acute rheumatic fever [PDF]
, 2016 First degree heart block is considered a minor criterion for the diagnosis of this condition. The cases presented here demonstrate that higher degrees of heart block do occur in rheumatic fever.
Hubail, Zakariya, Ebrahim, Ishaq M.
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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple recurrent episodes of the illness, is known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and is a notable cause of ...
Jonathan R, Carapetis +10 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthObjective: The objective of this study was to assess ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic patterns in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease hospitalisations in New Zealand (2010–2023), evaluate the impact of public health interventions and ...
Gerard JB. Sonder +3 more
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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Findings of a Hospital-Based Study and an Overview of Reported Outbreaks
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990 To review the characteristics of reported outbreaks of acute rheumatic fever in the United States, and to determine if there is an increase in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever in the population served by the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ...
Upton D Allen +2 more
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, 2016 Akut romatizmal ateş grup A streptokok farenjitinin çoklu organ sistemini etkileyen enflamatuvar bir bağ dokusu hastalığıdır. En sık 5-15 yaş arasında görülmekle birlikte; 5 yaş altındaki olgular, toplam hasta sayısının %3-5'ini oluşturmaktadır ...
Köksal, Ali Osman +2 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2014 Rheumatic fever remains endemic in many countries and frequently causes heart failure due to severe chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease, which requires surgical treatment.
Guilherme S. Spina +5 more
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The Ballistocardiogram in Acute Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Circulation, 1954 Sixty-four ballistocardiograms were obtained on a portable equalized electromagnetic ballistocardiograph from 18 young adult males with acute rheumatic fever. Thirteen of these subjects had clinical findings suggestive of heart involvement and five did not. Abnormal records were obtained from only one patient in each group.
W B, ABRAMS, G L, CHESTLEY
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