Incidental Diagnosis of Rheumatic Myocarditis during Cardiac Surgery—Impact on Late Prognosis

Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are still highly prevalent, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. RHD is a neglected and underdiagnosed disease for which no specific laboratory diagnostic test is completely reliable. This is a retrospective observational study, whi...

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Published in:	Diagnostics
Main Authors:	Paulo Pinto Alves Campos Vieira, Rodrigo Furtado Pereira, Carlos Eduardo Barros Branco, Vitor Emer Egypto Rosa, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Lea Maria Macruz Ferreira Demarchi, Livia Santos Silva, Luiza Guilherme, Flavio Tarasoutchi, Roney Orismar Sampaio
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Subjects:	rheumatic fever diagnosis Aschoff body pathology surgery
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/20/3252