"Rheumatic Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.
| Descriptor ID |
D012213
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.890.731 C05.550.114.843 C05.799.825
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| Concept/Terms |
Rheumatic Fever- Rheumatic Fever
- Fever, Rheumatic
- Fevers, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Fevers
- Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic
- Acute Rheumatic Arthritides
- Acute Rheumatic Arthritis
- Arthritides, Acute Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Arthritides, Acute
- Rheumatic Arthritis, Acute
- Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute
- Rheumatism, Articular, Acute
- Polyarthritis Rheumatica
- Polyarthritis Rheumaticas
- Rheumatic Arthritis
- Rheumatism, Acute Articular
- Acute Articular Rheumatism
- Acute Articular Rheumatisms
- Articular Rheumatism, Acute
- Articular Rheumatisms, Acute
- Rheumatisms, Acute Articular
- Acute Rheumatic Fever
- Acute Rheumatic Fevers
- Fever, Acute Rheumatic
- Fevers, Acute Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Fever, Acute
- Rheumatic Fevers, Acute
- Inflammatory Rheumatism
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatic Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Research opportunities for the primary prevention and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop report. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 10; 8(Suppl 9).
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Rheumatic Heart Disease in the United States: Forgotten But Not Gone: Results of a 10 Year Multicenter Review. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 08 17; 10(16):e020992.
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Acute Rheumatic Fever. Pediatr Rev. 2021 May; 42(5):221-232.
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Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: An Analysis From the VITAL Registry. Am J Med. 2020 12; 133(12):1424-1432.e1.
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Education: The prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2019 09; 31(3):221-222.
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Echo-based screening of rheumatic heart disease in children: a cost-effectiveness Markov model. J Med Econ. 2015 Jun; 18(6):410-9.
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2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul; 148(1):e1-e132.
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The heart and pediatric rheumatology. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2014 Feb; 40(1):61-85.
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Diagnosis and management of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis. JAAPA. 2013 Sep; 26(9):53-4.
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KCa1.1 potassium channels regulate key proinflammatory and invasive properties of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis. J Biol Chem. 2012 Feb 03; 287(6):4014-22.