mitral valve prolapse/fever

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a clinical syndrome of which mitral regurgitation and congestive heart failure are the late sequelae. It can be usually diagnosed by echocardiography. In this study, we reevaluated the patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) who were followed-up regularly for aspects

It is known that rheumatic heart disease frequently results in isolated mitral regurgitation without concomitant mitral stenosis, especially in countries with a high prevalence of rheumatic fever. However, more recent surgical pathologic data also have demonstrated a high incidence of mitral valve

To determine whether rheumatic fever is associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) diagnosed by echocardiography, records from 561 subjects participating in a prospective family study were reviewed. The prevalence of a history of rheumatic fever by modified Jones criteria was determined in 92

A 12 years boy presented with the history of pallor for one month. Two days before hospitalisation he developed fever, cough, shortness of breath. He had past history of such episode. On examination, his heart rate was found to be 120/minute, respiratory rate 40/minute and moderate anaemia was

There were 15 patients under 15 years of age with cases of acute rheumatic fever diagnosed by revised Jones criteria admitted to pediatric department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital of Kaohsiung from Jan. 1986 through Dec. 1989. There were 11 boys and 4 girls. The age of onset was more commonly

The term mitral valve prolapse is used to describe either one of the pathophysiological mechanisms of mitral regurgitation or a distinct biological condition with a defined inherited basis, with or without mitral incompetence. In the former case, association with rheumatic fever is implied by the

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the longterm prognosis of children with mitral valve prolapse associated with isolated rheumatic mitral regurgitation. BACKGROUND Rheumatic fever may result in mitral valve prolapse, which sometimes leads to severe mitral regurgitation requiring

Clinical, radiologic, electrocardiographic and 2-dimensional echocardiographic findings of fifty cases of mitral valve prolapse syndrome attending the Pediatric Cardiology clinic of I.C.H. and Childrens Hospital, Medical College, Kottayam over a period of ten years from 1980-1989 are presented.

The scope of diagnosing mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has been enlarged by the earlier reported real-time B-scan criteria of small or "localised MVP". This form is believed to be the precursor of the overt MVP which is then readily diagnosed by angiocardiography and 1- and 2-dimensional

We herein report a case of infective endocarditis associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in a 34-year-old man with Klinefelter syndrome. The patient was admitted with a fever and headache that had persisted for three weeks. Repeated blood cultures showed growth of Streptococcus oralis.

An eight-year-old girl with mitral regurgitation in acute rheumatic fever was examined by echocardiography. The examination showed posterior displacement of the coaptation point of the anterior mitral leaflet, i.e. anterior mitral prolapse, and did not indicate signs of edematous change or verrucous

A decrease in severity of rheumatic fever, in the number of recurrences of the disease, a relative decrease in prevalence of rheumatic heart disease compared to other forms of heart disease are well documented or suggested by the data collected in the last decades. The reasons of the decline are

A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for fever of unknown origin with nightsweats and weight loss. Diagnosis of endocarditis lenta with streptococcus viridans and a preexisting mitral-valve prolapse with small regurgitation jet was established. Signs and symptoms of endocarditis lenta