Diseases

Rheumatic Heart Disease

Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.

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Abstract

Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Disease, Rheumatic Heart
  • Diseases, Rheumatic Heart
  • Heart Disease, Rheumatic
  • Heart Diseases, Rheumatic
  • Rheumatic Heart Diseases
  • Bouillaud Disease
  • Bouillaud's Disease
  • Bouillauds Disease
  • Disease, Bouillaud
  • Disease, Bouillaud's

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific disease of the heart

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History Note

1963; for BOUILLAUD'S DISEASE use RHEUMATIC FEVER 1964-1991

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NLM Classification

WG 240

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rheumatic Heart Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012214. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012214
  2. Rheumatic Heart Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3658498