Carditis due to rheumatic fever and its difficulty in aortic and mitral valve replacement

Carlos Alcántara-Noguez; Luis E Ruiz Pérez; Alejando Bolio-Cerdán; Sergio Ruiz-González; Patricia Romero-Cárdenas; Desireé Leines-Castelán; Aarón E Buenabad-Hernández

2023, Number 4

Cir Card Mex 2023; 8 (4)

Carditis due to rheumatic fever and its difficulty in aortic and mitral valve replacement

Alcántara-Noguez C, Ruiz PLE, Bolio-Cerdán A, Ruiz-González S, Romero-Cárdenas P, Leines-Castelán D, Buenabad-Hernández AE

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Antimicrobials have decreased cases of rheumatic fever worldwide. Even with these measures, rheumatic fever continues to cause rheumatic heart disease in children. Rheumatic valve disease is a very common complication. Based on the symptoms, treatment can be surgical. We present the case of a 14-year-old male diagnosed with aortic and mitral valve insufficiency secondary to rheumatic fever, requiring valve replacement.

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