Incidental histological diagnosis of acute rheumatic carditis: case report and review of the literature.

• Main Authors: Guilherme S. Spina (Author), Roney O. Sampaio (Author), Carlos Eduardo De Barros Branco (Author), George Barreto Miranda (Author), Vitor Emer Rosa (Author), Flávio eTarasoutchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rheumatic fever 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 disease and...