Rheumatic heart disease tends to affect the mitral and aortic heart valves. Rheumatic heart disease can lead to: Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythms, like atrial fibrillation). Heart failure. Infective endocarditis, an infection in your heart valves. Pulmonary hypertension.

2023年7月25日 · Rheumatic heart disease is generally latent or silent until cardiac complications develop in late adulthood. Infective endocarditis, an embolic event, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and atrial fibrillation from untreated severe valvular disease are the …

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition where the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever. The heart valve damage may start shortly after untreated or undertreated streptococcal infection, such as strep throat or scarlet fever.

2022年6月25日 · Endocarditis is a life-threatening inflammation of the inner lining of the heart's chambers and valves. This lining is called the endocardium. Endocarditis is usually caused by an infection. Bacteria, fungi or other germs get into the bloodstream and attach to …

2020年11月6日 · Rheumatic heart disease starts as a sore throat from a bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) which can pass easily from person to person in the same way as other upper respiratory tract infections. …

Complications of rheumatic heart disease include heart failure, embolic stroke, endocarditis and atrial fibrillation. The major advances in ARF and RHD treatment and control arose during the mid-twentieth century when these diseases were still common in North America.

2020年10月19日 · Heart failure management, prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis, oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, and prosthetic valves are vital therapeutic adjuncts.

Endocarditis is a term that refers to inflammation of the endocardium, the thin inner membrane that covers the heart and heart valves. It’s usually caused by a bacterial infection, though less commonly it can be the result of a fungal infection.

2017年3月10日 · Symptoms of ARF can include polyarthritis, carditis, chorea, the appearance of subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum or a rash associated with ARF (Gewitz, et al., 2015; Martin, et al., 2015).

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition where the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever. The heart valve damage may start shortly after untreated or undertreated streptococcal infection, such as strep throat or scarlet fever. An immune response causes an inflammatory condition in the body.