Each of them has a history of one or more attacks of acute rheumatic fever fulfilling the modified Jones diagnostic criteria. After admission to the clinic, they have been receiving continuous ...

There were 1249 first hospital admissions (ie, new cases) with a principal diagnosis of ARF during the 10-year period between 1996 and 2005. Of the 1695 CAUs included in the study, 487 had at ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a ...

"The Heart Foundation is proud to support advances in research that prevent progression and complications of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, conditions that disproportionally ...

Credit: Dr Salahuddin Kazi, MD, comments on the challenges of diagnosing seronegative rheumatic diseases and discusses a ...

Historical redlining is linked to care utilization and fragmentation among patients with rheumatic conditions, highlighting the role of structural racism in these disparities.