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?
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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