Mild aortic regurgitation (AR) was also present. Blood cultures remained sterile; however, she received a course of penicillin prior to her hospital presentation. Antibiotics followed for culture-negative endocarditis.[bloodjournal.org]
In five valves, the helper T cells exceeded the number of suppressor T cells, whereas in three others, helper and cytotoxic/suppressor T cells were present in equal numbers.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
In every case, active rheumatic lesions of the left atrial appendage were present, but these tended to be less widely distributed than the myocardial Aschoff bodies.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Through the case of a 41-year-old Caucasian female who presented with progressive dyspnea and symptoms of heart failure, due to subacute rheumatic valvulitis, the importance of multimodality cardiovascular imaging assessment of patients presenting with[ingentaconnect.com]
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A 13-year-old girl was admitted with congestive heart failure, edema, ascites, and jaundice. There was an apical pansystolic murmur of mitral insufficiency and marked cardiomegaly. Her venous pressure was elevated.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The presence of rheumatic heartdisease and cardiomegaly may have led to the exacerbation of symptoms and signs of constrictive pericarditis and severe right heart failure.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Abstract While MHA has been frequently reported with mechanical heart valves, hemolysis associated with native valvular heartdisease is rare. A 20-year-old Amish female presented with left hip arthritis in 5/03.[bloodjournal.org]
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Carditis: pancarditis Pericardial friction rubs Weak heart sounds Tachycardia & arrhythmias New heartmurmurs. other clinical features include epistaxis & abdominal pain. 24. Myocarditis may cause cardiac dilatation leading to mitral valve insufficiency[slideshare.net]
This picture together with a systolicmurmur, pericardial friction rub and an ESR of 118 mm/h prompted a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) revealing a myxomatous mitral valve (MV) with severe MR and thickening of the tip of the posterior leaflet of[bloodjournal.org]
This case does not present a better description of systolicmurmur audible in the aortic area.[scielo.br]
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The lungs, in particular, showed signs of passive congestion of long evolution with evidence of secondary vasculardisease.[scielo.br]
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Heinzbodies were not present. Ham’s test was without hemolysis. Lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibody, ANA, rheumatoid factor, antidouble-strand DNA, p-ANCA and c-ANCA were not present. ASO was 200 U/mL.[bloodjournal.org]
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Despite medical treatment her condition deteriorated, hepatic and renal failure as well as disseminated intravascular coagulation ensued, leading to her death.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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The first-line treatment is penicillin , and is combined with symptomatic anti-inflammatory treatment, typically with salicylates or glucocorticoids (if salicylates are not effective).[amboss.com]
Abstract The prognosis for 115 rheumatic fever patients subsequently receiving regular intramuscular penicillin prophylaxis for at least 5 years was studied. Average follow-up was 9.3 years, and 57 patients were followed for 10 years or longer.[circ.ahajournals.org]
., valproic acid ) Prognosis : Usually self-limiting If treated, full remission usually occurs within 3–4 months.[amboss.com]
PROGNOSIS In cases of primary attack is excellent with only 1% cases dying from fulminant RF 25.[slideshare.net]
Prognosis Rheumatic mitral valve disease is inconsistently reparable, and the long-term outcomes after surgical repair are not as good as for valve repair for mitral valve prolapse due to leaflet and chordal scarring.[emedicine.medscape.com]
The pathologic picture of pericarditis was nonspecific, but in presence of a positive skin test for tuberculosis the latter is considered to be the most likely cause of the pericarditis, nevertheless, rheumatic etiology of pericarditis in this case cannot[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Possibly the etiology of such involvement is by extemporaneous development of rheumatic fever, with late involvement of this valve.[scielo.br]
Etiology Most commonly accepted mechanism : Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus ( Streptococcus pyogenes ) (G AS) : ac ute tonsillitis or pharyngitis (“ strep throat ”) without antibiotic treatment antibodies develop against streptococcal M protein cross-reaction[amboss.com]
New observations on the etiology of aortic valve disease: a surgical pathologic study of 236 cases from 1990. Hum Pathol . 1993 Dec. 24(12):1330-8. [Medline] . Veinot JP. Pathology of inflammatory native valvular heart disease.[emedicine.medscape.com]
References: [2] [3] [4] Epidemiological data refers to the US, unless otherwise specified.[amboss.com]
Changes in the clinical and epidemiological features of group A streptococcal bacteraemia in Australia’s Northern Territory. Trop Med Int Health 2015;20:40-7. Kim S, Lee NY.[nps.org.au]
Epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever in New Zealand 1996-2005. J Paediatr Child Health . 2008 Oct. 44(10):564-71. [Medline] . Cunningham MW. T cell mimicry in inflammatory heart disease. Mol Immunol . 2004 Feb. 40(14-15):1121-7. [Medline] .[emedicine.medscape.com]
., inappropriate laughing/crying , agitation , anxiety, apathy, obsessive-compulsive behavior) Epidemiology ( 2:1 ) Longer latent period than other rheumatic manifestations (presents several months following GAS infection ) Pathophysiology : Streptococcal[amboss.com]
Etiology and Pathophysiology Rheumatic fever is a late inflammatory, nonsuppurative complication of pharyngitis that is caused by group A-hemolytic streptococci. [4] Rheumatic fever results from humoral and cellular-mediated immune responses occurring[emedicine.medscape.com]
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References: [4] [16] [17] Prognosis Prevention Primary prevention : prompt antibiotic treatment (e.g., penicillin V ) of GAS tonsillopharyngitis diagnosed by throat culture or rapid strep test Secondary prevention Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent recurrence[amboss.com]
Timor Leste). 34 This adds a further challenge to the prevention of this serious and potentially fatal condition.[nps.org.au]
No patient developed mitral or aortic stenosis: this suggests that regular prophylaxis may prevent the development of stenosis.[circ.ahajournals.org]