Acute rheumatic fever: 10-year single-center experience: clinical and laboratory findings, with subclinical carditis and treatment complications.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047951121003528
Abstract: BACKGROUND Acute rheumatic fever in childhood continues to cause serious morbidity despite all developments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with acute rheumatic fever and to… read more here.
Keywords: fever; treatment; acute rheumatic; subclinical carditis ... See more keywords
Echocardiographic findings in COVID: incidence of carditis and correlations with COVID variants
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DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad125.160
Abstract: Type of funding sources: None. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also referred to as COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The manifestations of COVID-19 are widely… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; incidence carditis; incidence echocardiographic; findings covid ... See more keywords
Treating Lyme carditis high‐degree AV block using a temporary–permanent pacemaker
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DOI: 10.1111/anec.12599
Abstract: A 28‐year‐old previously healthy male presented with nonprodromal syncope and a 4‐day history of chest pain, shortness of breath, and malaise. His ECG showed rapidly progressive high‐degree AV block. His Suspicious Index in Lyme Carditis… read more here.
Keywords: high degree; lyme carditis; carditis; degree block ... See more keywords
Prevalence of Lyme Carditis in Patients with Atrioventricular Blocks
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192214893
Abstract: Infections with Borrelia may cause cardiac conduction system abnormalities, including atrioventricular blocks (AVBs). Therefore, we aimed to identify patients in whom Lyme carditis (LC) could be considered as the initial diagnosis among consecutive subjects who… read more here.
Keywords: prevalence lyme; lyme carditis; carditis; atrioventricular blocks ... See more keywords
Rheumatic fever – new diagnostic criteria
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DOI: 10.5114/reum.2018.74748
Abstract: Rheumatic fever (RF) is an autoimmune disease associated with group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infection, in the course of which the patient develops carditis, arthritis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules and erythema marginatum. Rheumatic fever diagnosis is based… read more here.
Keywords: fever new; rheumatic fever; carditis; jones criteria ... See more keywords
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and mean platelet volume can be associated with severity of valvular involvement in patients with acute rheumatic carditis.
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DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2018-031
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the association between the severity of acute rheumatic carditis (ARC) and the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and mean platelet volume (MPV). METHODS Paediatric patients diagnosed with ARC… read more here.
Keywords: acute rheumatic; valvular regurgitation; carditis; severity ... See more keywords