On Rheumatic Infection as a Cause of Mitral Stenosis Amongst Young Indians

acute rheumatic arthritis affect Indians? js unrecognized subacute rheumatic infection in childhood responsible for the mitral stenosis and chronic congestive heart failure of young Indian adults ? My interest in these questions was first aroused by observing a series of some 20 cases of chronic heart failure in young Indian males, mostly between 12 and 18 years of age, in the medical wards of King George's Medical College Hospital, Iyucknow, during the past seven years. They were the victims of congested heart failure following progressive stenosis of the mitral valve. What was the cause of this chronic mitral fibrosis? Was it an evidence of subacute rheumatic infection during childhood? Before this problem could be decided, the question as to