BC42.3
Rheumatic myocarditis
Miocardite reumática
CategoryDefinition
Rheumatic myocarditis is cardiac inflammation and scarring triggered by an autoimmune reaction to group A streptococci infection resulting acutely in pancarditis involving inflammation of the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium and chronically by valve fibrosis.
Index Terms
Rheumatic myocarditisinactive or quiescent rheumatic fever with myocarditisinactive rheumatic myocarditisrheumatic progressive myocarditisrheumatic fibroid myocarditisrheumatic interstitial myocarditismyocardial degeneration with rheumatic fevermyocardial insufficiency with rheumatic feverrheumatic cardiomyopathydilated cardiomyopathy due to rheumatic fevermyocarditis due to rheumatic feverrheumatic myocardial insufficiency