Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.7, No.1 (1976), 77-80
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P. Sudhas Na Ayuthya, K. Ratanabanangkoon, B. Pongpanich Juvenile rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.7, No.1 (1976), 77-80. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/10919
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Juvenile rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand
100 consecutive cases of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease were reviewed. Particular attention was given to the pattern and the outcome of the cardiac status of the patients. The high incidence of severe carditis and tight mitral stenosis was similar to most reports from other developing countries. There was a poor prognosis for the cardiac status of those who came late, had more than valvular lesions, were in congestive heart failure, or had preexisting heart disease and atrial fibrillation. In spite of this, 6 patients had no evidence of heart disease after being followed up for less than 5 yr.
