Incidental Histological Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Myocarditis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Rheumatic fever (RF) remains endemic in many countries and frequently causes heart failure due to severe chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease, which requires surgical treatment. Here, we report on a patient who underwent an elective surgical correction for mitral and aortic valvular heart diseas...

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Published in:Front Pediatr
Main Authors: Spina, Guilherme S., Sampaio, Roney O., Branco, Carlos E., Miranda, George B., Rosa, Vitor E. E., Tarasoutchi, Flávio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Pediatrics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238348/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25478552
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2014.00126
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