Rheumatic heart disease: how many interventions and complications can a patient overcome?

Abstract

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a serious, long-term consequence of acute rheumatic fever that is characterized by progressive evolution over the years. Recurrent inflammatory damage to the heart valves leads to cumulative dysfunction with significant rheumatic valvular involvement peaking between the second and fourth decades of life.

Keywords

• rheumatic heart disease
• valvulopathy
• prosthesis dysfunction
• tavi
• boală cardiacă reumatismală
• valvulopatii
• disfuncţie de proteză
• tavi