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Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Adolescent With Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic fever is an acute inflammatory sequela following a group A, β-hemolytic streptococcal infection. Rheumatic fever is characterized by polyarthritis, carditis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum as the major diagnostic criteria. Rarely, advanced heart block may also occur....

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Autor principal: Yoo, Gyeong-Hee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949599
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2009.39.3.121