Table 4 gives the cardiac features of the 121 recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever in the 90 patients who had valvular involvement with their first attack. In 81 recurrences the original murmur ...

The Carey Coombs Murmur occurs during acute rheumatic fever. Mitral valvulitis can occur causing thickening of the leaflets. A murmur is created by increased blood flow across the thickened mitral ...

elevated jugular venous pressure), and the rash of erythema marginatum The Carey Coombs Murmur occurs during acute rheumatic fever. Mitral valvulitis can occur causing thickening of the leaflets.

"For school-aged children with rheumatic fever, monthly intramuscular penicillin injections for around 10 years can be ...