- Disease, rheumatic heart
- Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Disease, rheumatic heart
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Rheumatic heart disease — Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed. * * * rheumatic heart disease n active or inactive disease of the heart that results from rheumatic fever and… … Medical dictionary
rheumatic heart disease — noun heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood • Hypernyms: ↑heart disease, ↑cardiopathy * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
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rheumatic heart disease — rheumat′ic heart′ disease n. pat damage to the myocardium or valves of the heart as a result of rheumatic fever … From formal English to slang
rheumatic heart disease — Pathol. damage to the heart, esp. to the valves, as a result of rheumatic fever, characterized by inflammation of the myocardium or scarring and malfunction of the heart valves. * * * … Universalium
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heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning. [1860 65] * * * Any disorder of the heart. Examples include coronary heart disease, congenital heart disease, and pulmonary heart disease, as well as rheumatic heart disease (see rheumatic… … Universalium
