PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | rheumatic heart disease |
| Symptom | C0035436|rheumatic fever |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 24139520 | rheumatic heart disease results from repeated acute rheumatic fever attacks following exposure to group a streptococci (gas) throat infections . |
| PubMedID- 20356787 | Background: acute rheumatic fever, leading to rheumatic heart disease (rhd), is rare in australia except amongst aboriginal and torres strait islander people. |
| PubMedID- 23273191 | Streptococcus pyogenes infection in human, causes initially pharyngitis due to inhalation of aerosols emitted by infected persons, develops rheumatic fever which leads to the rheumatic heart disease (damage of heart valves). |
| PubMedID- 22276281 | Discussion: recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever may lead to rheumatic heart disease. |
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