Diagnosis of Active Rheumatic Carditis
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Diagnosis of active rheumatic carditis. The echoes of change.
Acute rheumatic fever (RF) continues to be a major health problem at the dawn of the new millennium in many parts of the world.1–3 Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), the sequel of RF, is a very common cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity,1–5 accounts for 35% to 40% of cardiovascular disease-related hospital admissions, and is the predominant indication for cardiac surgery in developing c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.14.1576