rheumatic heart disease

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Epidemiology

  • affects mostly children 5-15 years of age,
  • may also occur in adults, especially in crowded conditions

Pathology

Laboratory

Diagnostic procedures

Management

More general terms

References

  1. World Heart Fedaration: Rheumatic Heart Disease http://www.world-heart-federation.org/press/fact-sheets/rheumatic-heart-disease/
  2. Chin TK and Berger S eMedicine: Pediatric Rheumatic Heart Disease http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/891897-overview
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Otto CM et al 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2021;143:e00 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33332150 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000923