BC42.3
category
Rheumatic myocarditis
Definition
Rheumatic myocarditis is cardiac inflammation and scarring triggered by an autoimmune reaction to group A streptococci infection resulting acutely in pancarditis involving inflammation of the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium and chronically by valve fibrosis.
Also indexed as
Rheumatic myocarditisdilated cardiomyopathy due to rheumatic feverinactive or quiescent rheumatic fever with myocarditisinactive rheumatic myocarditismyocardial degeneration with rheumatic fevermyocardial insufficiency with rheumatic fevermyocarditis due to rheumatic feverrheumatic cardiomyopathyrheumatic fibroid myocarditisrheumatic interstitial myocarditisrheumatic myocardial insufficiencyrheumatic progressive myocarditis