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COMPLICATED CASE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; UNEXPLORED FOR YEARS

M. Arif Khan1, Raj Kishore Pandey1, Tarique Nadeem1, Manoj Kumar Sethi1, Sumit Sharma1, Krishna Murti1, Ashok Gupta1 and Krishna Pandey2
  • 1 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India
  • 2 Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Abstract

Rheumatic heart disease is a one of the very common heart problem commonly prevalent among the children of developing countries, may occur in adults in their fourties also, if undiagnosed in early ages, similar in symptoms to ’rheumatism’ but quite difficult to diagnose or are often misdiagnosed. The main objective of this article is to make acquainted about the disease and its further consequences, since initially it appears to be just a simple general fever but may prove deadly if undiagnosed or misdiagnosed leading to severe heart valve damage and consequent complications. The methods involved in the case include bilateral Femoral Embolectomy (BFE), Fasciotomy and Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV). Through this case study an attempt has been made by the authors to make the people especially from the medical and related field, well acquainted about this deadly, silent, heart disease and its consequent complications.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 14 No. 1, 2014, 44-48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2014.44.48

Submitted On: 24 December 2013 Published On: 23 January 2014

How to Cite: Khan, M. A., Pandey, R. K., Nadeem, T., Sethi, M. K., Sharma, S., Murti, K., Gupta, A. & Pandey, K. (2014). COMPLICATED CASE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; UNEXPLORED FOR YEARS. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 14(1), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2014.44.48

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Keywords

  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Mitral Stenosis
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Case Study