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Carnitine Levels in Patients with Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease

Clinical Biochemistry, 1997
Carnitine, a small aminoacid derivative plays a major role in fatty acid oxidation. Myocardial carnitine deficiency may cause malfunction of the heart. Rheumatic valvular heart disease can be associated with myocardial dysfunction. We have investigated myocardial and plasma-free carnitine levels in patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease.Eleven ...
Figen Narin, Nazmi Narin, Ali Ergin
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The developmental origins of chronic rheumatic heart disease

American Journal of Human Biology, 2013
ObjectivesProgramming is the phenomenon whereby the body's structures and functions are permanently set by nutrition and other influences during early development. There is increasing evidence that programming in utero initiates cardiovascular disease.
Eriksson, J.G., Kajantie, E., Phillips, D.I., Osmond, C., Thornburg, K.L., Barker, D.J.   +5 more
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Clinical scenarios in chronic rheumatic heart disease

, 2018
Chronic rheumatic heart disease is the most important cause of valvular heart disease in the developing world. In the current era, multivalvular disease is the most common presentation in adults and requires careful judgement of each scenario on a case ...
Mohammed Essop, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Ferande Peters   +2 more
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Prevalence of chronic rheumatic heart disease in Chinese adults

International Journal of Cardiology, 2006
Rheumatic heart disease continues to be a common health problem in the developing countries. Though there is evidence indicating that rheumatic heart disease prevalence in China has decreased since the 1950s, no objective assessment of its present prevalence has been published.
Zhou Xianliang, Hui Rutai
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TRANSIENT VISUAL OBSCURATIONS IN CHRONIC RHEUMATIC HEART-DISEASE

Lancet, The, 1970
Abstract A history of transient visual obscurations was obtained from 33% of a series of patients with rheumatic heart-disease. In none of these patients were these symptoms complained of spontaneously, although in other patients they were the presenting complaint. The obscurations seem to be embolic in origin.
Michael Swash
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Anticardiolipin antibodies in acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease: is there a significant association?

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 1996
The incidence and significance of IgG and IgM anticardiolipin antibodies (aCLa) in patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF), chronic rheumatic heart disease (CRHD) and streptococcal pharyngitis have been investigated in order to determine whether these antibodies play an important role in the pathogenesis and if they are markers that can be used to ...
Narin, Figen, Keser, G, Doganavsargil, E, Kutukculer, N, Narin, Nazmi   +4 more
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The Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease—An Australian Guideline

Heart Lung and Circulation, 2008
Warren Walsh, Alex Brown, Jonathan R Carapetis   +2 more
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Therapeutic options in chronic rheumatic heart disease

, 2018
Chronic rheumatic heart disease represents the end result of one or more episodes of acute rheumatic fever. Early detection and management of valvular heart disease, by preventing the long-term complications such as atrial fibrillation, left or right ...
Mohammed Essop
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Chronic constrictive pericarditis and rheumatic heart disease

American Heart Journal, 1953
Abstract 1. 1. In a series of eighteen cases of chronic constrictive pericarditis, five had coexisting rheumatic valvular disease and are reported in detail. 2. 2. If constrictive pericarditis is suspected in patients with heart disease who have an atypical course, more cases will be discovered. 3. 3. Cardiac enlargement, normal intensity
A J, KALTMAN, J B, SCHWEDEL, B, STRAUS
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