Chronic rheumatic heart disease with recrudescence of acute rheumatic fever on histology: a case report

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa where it is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the young. Rheumatic heart disease results from recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), which are often difficult to diagnose clinically. Acute rheumatic...

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Autores principales: Mutithu, Daniel W, Roberts, Riyaadh, Manganyi, Rodgers, Ntusi, Ntobeko A B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9295691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac278

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9295691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac278

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