A composite picture of the clinical manifestations of acute rheumatic fever as observed in a series of 1000 patients in the naval service is presented. The importance of recognizing rheumatic ...

PATIENTS who are convalescing from rheumatic ... clinical features are most useful for predicting which patients will remain free of heart disease after an episode of acute rheumatic fever.

The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever is established based on identifying major and minor clinical manifestations of the disease, as detailed by the Jones criteria. They were initially published ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prophylaxis refers to preventive ... However, a person can be unaware they have a GAS infection, or clinical tests do not pick up the presence of the infection.

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF ... Box 1: Most common clinical presentations of ARF * Large joint arthritis and/or arthralgia, usually with fever, and sometimes with pansystolic murmur of mitral ...

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 ...

His medical history was notable for an episode of rheumatic fever that resulted in mitral stenosis. He first received the diagnosis at the age of 28, when he presented with symptoms of acute rheumatic ...

This study will provide foundational data for public health and clinical ... Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the leading cause of acquired cardiac morbidity and mortality in young people worldwide.

What is Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)? Rheumatic heart disease. is a sequelae of rheumatic fever which affects heart valves, and can result in heart failure and death if left untreated. It is the ...