Prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

Immunologic Factors in Acute Rheumatic Fever Compared to Rheumatic Heart Disease

Background/Objective: To clarify the state of different immunologic factors in patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) compared to healthy individuals.Patients and Methods: Patients with ARF (#21), patients with RHD six months after the onset of ARF (#19), and healthy children from the same age group with normal physical examination and no history of pharyngi...

Prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India.

Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic heart disease poses a major challenge to public health and is the most prevalent heart disease in children. The major determinants of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor housing, and a shortage of health-care resources. Although cost-effective strategies for the prevention and control of these diseases are available, they remain un...

VI. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Cardiology patient page. Prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007855 2014;130:e35-e37 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/5/e35 ...