Malnutrition and severe rheumatic heart disease underscoring failure to thrive in an eleven-year-old boy

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Lurildo Ribeiro Saraiva ◽  
Tacito Barbalho ◽  
Djair Brindeiro Filho
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Failure To Thrive ◽  
Atrial Appendage ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Severe Retardation ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

SummaryWe describe an eleven-year-old boy with severe retardation in physical growth and severe rheumatic valvar disease. At surgery, a sample of the atrial appendage showed Aschoff nodules, although no antecedent of rheumatic fever was recorded. The patient was HLA-DR5 positive. The case emphasizes the strong association of malnutrition with severe rheumatic heart disease in northeast Brazil.

scholarly journals Red Blood Cell Groups and ABH Secretor System as Genetic Indicators of Susceptibility to Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

BMJ ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 2 (5412) ◽  
pp. 775-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Dublin ◽  
A. D. Bernanke ◽  
E. L. Pitt ◽  
B. F. Massell ◽  
F. H. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Red Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Groups ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

Mortality and hospitalisation costs of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 692-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J Milne ◽  
Diana Lennon ◽  
Joanna M Stewart ◽  
Stephen Vander Hoorn ◽  
Paul A Scuffham
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Rheumatic Heart Disease ◽  
Rheumatic Heart
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