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Autopsy-confirmed rheumatic carditis causes fatal HF in a 65-year-old hemodialysis patient.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the rare possibility of acute rheumatic myocarditis exacerbating heart failure in an elderly hemodialysis patient in a developed country.
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May warrant considering rheumatic carditis in refractory HF on HD; case report leaves open its incidence and management.
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Mimura et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Heart failure from rheumatic carditis (n=1). Rheumatic carditis was evaluated. A 65-year-old maintenance hemodialysis patient presented with fatal heart failure caused by rheumatic carditis, which was confirmed by the presence of Aschoff bodies on autopsy.
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