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To outline the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and epidemiological trends of acute rheumatic fever and resultant rheumatic heart disease.

An Overview of Pathogenesis, Complications and Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Current RHD prophylaxis and valve care should not change; this Level-5 review leaves open RCTs of GAS vaccines and steroids.

To outline the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and epidemiological trends of acute rheumatic fever and resultant rheumatic heart disease.
Synthesized clinical literature detailing autoimmune responses and multi-organ manifestations following Streptococcus pyogenes throat infection.
Evaluated historical incidence patterns and cardiovascular mortality differences between developed and developing regions over the past 40 to 60 years.
Acute rheumatic fever manifests approximately two to four weeks after Streptococcus pyogenes infection via an autoimmune response that damages heart valves.
Carditis and arthritis present as the most frequent clinical manifestations, followed by Sydenham chorea, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum.
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality remain disproportionately concentrated in developing countries, despite steep incidence declines in North America and Europe across the past four to six decades.

Leong Tung Ong (2020) studied this question.

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