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Disease rheumatic heart disease
Symptom C0018801|heart failure
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PubMedID- 23736132 Complications occurred in 49% (152/309) of the newly diagnosed rheumatic heart disease cases, with heart failure (46.9%) the most common complication, followed by pulmonary arterial hypertension (32.7%), atrial fibrillation (13.9%), recurrence of acute rheumatic fever (11.4%), infective endocarditis (4.5%) and stroke (1.3%).
PubMedID- 21264181 These findings substantiate the view that myocardial involvement during acute rheumatic fever has no significant hemodynamic effects and does not play a role in the development of heart failure in patients with rheumatic carditis.
PubMedID- 21254894 Background: little is known about the association of rheumatic heart disease (rhd) with incident heart failure (hf) among older adults.
PubMedID- 24139520 Previous studies have reported non-ischemic cardiopathies to be the most frequent cause of heart failure; with rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease and cardiomyopathy accounting for over 75% of cases in most series .

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