PART 15: Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues
SECTION 2 Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury
322 Acute Rheumatic Fever
 | Figure 322-1 Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in children aged 5–14 years. Circles within Australia and New Zealand represent indigenous populations, and also Pacific Islanders in New Zealand. (From JR Carapetis et al: Lancet Infect Dis. Copyright 2005, with permission... |
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 | Figure 322-2 Pathogenetic pathway for acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.(From JR Carapetis et al: Lancet 366:155, 2005. Copyright 2005, with permission from Elsevier.) |
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 | Figure 322-3 Transthoracic echocardiographic image from a 5-yearold boy with chronic rheumatic heart disease. This diastolic image demonstrates leaflet thickening, restriction of the anterior mitral valve leaflet tip, and doming of the body of the leaflet toward the interventricular septum. This... |
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