rheumatic heart disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrheumatic,heartanddisease
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rheumatic
adjective
uk/ruːˈmæt.ik/us/ruːˈmæt̬.ik/
relating to inflammation of muscles, joints, heart valves, or other parts of ...
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heart
noun
uk/hɑːt/us/hɑːrt/
the organ in your chest that sends the blood around ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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In contrast to the previous literature, we have analyzed specifically the presence of congenital cardiac malformations in patients with provenrheumaticheartdisease.
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These two categories often reach significant proportions, being several times the registered rates for acute rheumatic fever and chronicrheumaticheartdisease.
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This suggests excess mortality fromrheumaticheartdisease.
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Similarly, controversy still exists about both the advantages and the limitations of both medical and surgical therapy of rheumatic fever andrheumaticheartdisease.
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We are delighted, therefore, to be able to devote the greater part of this issue to the overall topic ofrheumaticheartdisease.
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In the presence ofrheumaticheartdisease, minor criteria contribute more to assessing the acuity of rheumatic activity than to establishing the diagnosis.
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The second group was formed by 2,352 patients with isolatedrheumaticheartdisease.
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Our results confirm the observation that some forms of congenital cardiac lesions may predispose torheumaticheartdisease.
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The long-term natural history ofrheumaticheartdisease, and the difficulties in its diagnosis, remain important problems for the clinician.
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The rates for all cardiovascular diseases are relatively high, but with low rates for acute rheumatic fever and middle rates forrheumaticheartdisease.
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The rates for acute rheumatic fever, and forrheumaticheartdisease in particular, are, in general, very low.
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He was admitted and diagnosed withrheumaticheartdisease and regurgitation and stenosis of both mitral and aortic valves.
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Rheumaticheartdisease in developing countries: the consequence of inadequate prevention.
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This reflects in part the reality that all acute rheumatic fever does not progress torheumaticheartdisease.
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The first group comprised 404 patients (14.6%) in whom there was an association between congenital andrheumaticheartdisease.
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In young patients, it is important to distinguish between congenital andrheumaticheartdisease.
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The second group comprised 2,352 cases with isolatedrheumaticheartdisease.
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Thromboembolism was much more frequent in the patients withrheumaticheartdisease.
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The termrheumaticheartdisease with the appropriate hemodynamic alteration-that is, mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation-should be used.
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