Rheumatic Fever can lead to a condition known as rheumatic heart disease. This is usually a thickening and stenosis of one or more of the heart valves and often requires surgery, to repair or replace the involved valve (s).
heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood
Recommendation against Vitamin E"Do not start with high doses of vitamin E in chronic rheumatic heart disease..."
Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed.
Permanent damage to heart valves, caused by rheumatic fever.
Damage (often caused by an autoimmune reaction to a streptococcal infection) to the heart muscle and heart valves caused by episodes of rheumatic fever (an inflammatory disease that may develop as a delayed reaction to inadequately treated streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract).
A condition in which the heart valves are damaged by rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease which begins with a throat infection and can affect many of the body's connective tissues, especially those of the heart, joints, brain or skin.
Damage done to the heart valves and outer lining by one or more attacks of rheumatic fever.