Background And Aim Of The Study: The study aim was to describe the clinical spectrum and mechanism of acute severe mitral regurgitation (MR) observed during first episodes of rheumatic fever (RF), and to identify prognostic factors related to the short-term outcome.
Methods: Since 1990, 44 patients (mean age 9.2 +/- 0.
Aims: Revised guidelines for diagnosis of rheumatic fever indicate that rheumatic myocarditis may 'contribute' to the genesis of congestive heart failure. Our objective was to assess non-invasively the presence of non-clinical markers of myocardial involvement in acute rheumatic fever.
Methods: Echocardiography and assessment of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) blood levels were systematically performed in 95 consecutive patients with acute rheumatic fever, who were divided into three groups.
Aims: This study assessed the results of repeat percutaneous mitral commissurotomy for mitral restenosis following a first procedure.
Methods And Results: Repeat balloon commissurotomy was performed in 53 patients who had symptomatic restenosis a mean of 6+/-2 years (2-11) after a successful first procedure; seven patients had mildly calcified valves. All patients had restenosis with a fusion of both commissures as assessed by echocardiography.
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
November 1997
A high degree atrioventricular block (AVB) is an exceptional finding during an acute episode of rheumatic fever (RF). The authors report a case of complete syncopal AVB requiring a temporary pacemaker, representing the first episode of RF.
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December 1995
Since 1944, the Jones criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever have been regularly revised to integrate technical and diagnostic innovations. Echographic and Doppler criteria, however, remain unrecognised due to valvular insufficiency in healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to determine the cardiac lesions occurring in acute rheumatic fever and the diagnostic value of Doppler echocardiography.
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