Chronic rheumatic heart disease with recrudescence of acute rheumatic fever on histology: a case report. [PDF]
Eur Heart J Case Rep, 2022 Abstract Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa where it is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the young. Rheumatic heart disease results from recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), which are often difficult to diagnose clinically.
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Myocardial infarction due to septic thromboembolism in chronic rheumatic heart disease [PDF]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2023 Chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most troublesome complication of rheumatic fever. Extensive valvular scarring and ventricular remodeling due to pressure and volume overload occur in chronic RHD.
Suneel Rachagiri +3 more
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Non-infectious thrombotic endocarditis associated with chronic rheumatic heart disease and disseminated tuberculosis [PDF]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2021 Rheumatic heart disease is still common in developing countries and requires prompt intervention to prevent chronic complications. Vegetations in rheumatic heart disease might be due to acute episodes of rheumatic fever itself or due to either infective ...
Aravind Sekar, Sanjeev Naganur
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Contemporary Issues in Rheumatic Fever and Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease [PDF]
Circulation, 2014 During the early part of the 20th century, rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease were considered the “most deadly enemy of youth.”1 Although RF has almost disappeared in developed countries, it remains rampant in regions of the world characterized by poverty, overcrowding, and lack of adequate health care. Progress in the field of rheumatic
Ferande Peters
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Acute and Chronic Complications of Rheumatic Heart Disease [PDF]
Case, 2020 [Figure: see text]
Peter Mcleod
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Rheumatic heart disease: infectious disease origin, chronic care approach [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings. Affected individuals are young and associated morbidity is high.
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Heart rate variability in patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease
Архивъ внутренней медицины, 2019 Objective. Evaluation of heart rate variability in patients with rheumatic heart disease.Material and methods. The study enrolled 230 patients, of whom 156 patients with mitral stenosis (CRHD), 36 patients with mitral valve regurgitation, and 38 patients
V. S. Petrov
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Predictors of mortality in chronic rheumatic heart disease.
Indian J Med Res, 2016 Talwar KK, Gupta A.
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Disturbance of intracardiac hemodynamics in children with chronic rheumatic cardiac disease [PDF]
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2013 By means of Doppler echocardiography there have been studied disturbances of intracardiac hemodynamics in 44 children aged 8-17 years with chronic rheumatic cardiac disease and developed mitral aortal and combined heart defects, as well as in chronic ...
Kondratiev V.A. +2 more
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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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