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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Major Criteria, Minor Criteria, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Treatment, General Measures, Medications, Outcome, Complications, Prevention, Prognosis, References.
Excerpt: | |  Uncommon in the United States (approximately 2 cases/100,000 population); more common (100 cases/100,000 population) in developing countries
Peak incidence ages 5–15 years Diagnosis based on clinical Jones criteria and laboratory confirmation of streptococcal infection May involve mitral and other valves acutely, rarely leading to heart failure |
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