Significance of silent carditis and investigation of follow-up signs in acute rheumatic fever

Basturk A., Oztarhan K., Kavuncuoglu S., Polat C.

FUTURE CARDIOLOGY, vol.12, no.3, pp.281-287, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.2217/fca.16.3
  • Journal Name: FUTURE CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.281-287
  • Keywords: acute rheumatic fever, child, echocardiography, silent carditis, HEART-DISEASE, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CRITERIA, VALVULAR REGURGITATION, INTERMOUNTAIN AREA, SYDENHAMS CHOREA, VALVAR DISEASE, UNITED-STATES, CHILDREN, DIAGNOSIS, ADOLESCENTS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to demonstrate the importance of ECHO in the diagnosis and long-term follow-up of silent carditis. Material & methods: This study included 182 (157 arthritis; 25 chorea) patients out of 214 patients who had been diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever for the first time. All of the patients were scanned with ECHO between specific intervals. Results: While there was no recovery observed in isolated aortic insufficiency during long-term follow-up, recovery in isolated mitral insufficiency was found. As the follow-up time of the mitral and aortic insufficiencies became longer, there was an increase in recovery in aortic insufficiency. Conclusion: Follow-up results of silent carditis support that ECHO should be among the major criteria used to diagnose rheumatic carditis.