MC cause of acquired heart disease?
Acute rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatic fever?
Caused by beta hemolytic streptococci
Age group for Rheumatic fever?
5 – 15 years
Mechanism of acute rheumatic fever?
Cross infectivity endogenous antigen
MC Site of Rheumatic Fever Vegetations?
Mitral > Mitral + Aortic
Valve least affected in rheumatic fever?
Pulmonary
Rheumatic fever?
Rheumatic fever in children?
Polyarthritis, mitral valve commonly affected
Marker for carditis in rheumatic fever?
Subcutaneous nodules
MC cause of enlarged cardiac shadow in X ray of child?
Rheumatic carditis