RHEUMATIC fever, a systemic disease affecting chiefly the heart, has always been considered to be primarily a disorder of childhood with a markedly diminished incidence of initial and recurrent ...

In an attempt to evaluate the magnitude and significance of recent changes in the clinical pattern of bacterial endocarditis and to assess the influence of both host and bacterial factors on this ...

Acute rheumatic fever should be considered in patients with recent pharyngitis and migratory polyarthritis, heart failure, new or worsened mitral regurgitation, chorea, or cutaneous findings. In ...

Dr Klaus Kallmayer, a heart doctor based at German Heart Centre in Dubai Healthcare City, has highlighted a large incidence of patients presenting with late symptoms of rheumatic endocarditis. The ...

Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed in some poor populations. Rheumatic heart disease is preventable with ...

Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, et al. Prevention of infective endocarditis. Guidelines from the American Heart Association. A Guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, ...