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Acute rheumatic fever

The Lancet, 2005
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have become rare in most affluent populations, but remain unchecked in developing countries and in some poor, mainly indigenous populations in wealthy countries. More than a century of research, mainly in North America and Europe, has improved our understanding of ARF ...
Carapetis, Jonathan R.   +2 more
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Acute rheumatic fever

The Lancet, 2018
Acute rheumatic fever is caused by an autoimmune response to throat infection with Streptococcus pyogenes. Cardiac involvement during acute rheumatic fever can result in rheumatic heart disease, which can cause heart failure and premature mortality. Poverty and household overcrowding are associated with an increased prevalence of acute rheumatic fever ...
Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Luiza, Guilherme
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Rheumatic fever

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 1999
There have been numerous reports stating that treatment of acute rheumatic fever with either aspirin or corticosteroids does not alter the long-term outcome of rheumatic heart disease. Yet, it should be emphasized that most of these studies were carried out with the first generic corticosteroids before the advent of the more active and more potent ...
, Visvanathan, , Manjarez, , Zabriskie
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Rheumatic fever

Current Rheumatology Reports, 2001
Rheumatic fever is a multisystem inflammatory disease that occurs as a delayed sequel to group A streptococcal pharyngitis. It is less common than it was 50 years ago but is still a major cause of heart disease in developing areas of the world. The relationship between the site of infection, the type of causative organism, and susceptibility of the ...
E, Rullan, L H, Sigal
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