"Rheumatic Heart Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D012214
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.890.731.649 C14.280.874
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| Concept/Terms |
Rheumatic Heart Disease- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Disease, Rheumatic Heart
- Diseases, Rheumatic Heart
- Heart Disease, Rheumatic
- Heart Diseases, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Heart Diseases
Bouillaud Disease- Bouillaud Disease
- Disease, Bouillaud
- Bouillaud's Disease
- Bouillauds Disease
- Disease, Bouillaud's
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatic Heart Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Identification of streptococcal m-protein cardiopathogenic epitopes in experimental autoimmune valvulitis. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2014 Mar; 7(2):172-81.
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Streptococcus and rheumatic fever. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2012 Jul; 24(4):408-16.
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T cell mimicry and epitope specificity of cross-reactive T cell clones from rheumatic heart disease. J Immunol. 2005 Oct 15; 175(8):5448-56.
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Acute myocardial infarction: an unusual culmination of rheumatic pancarditis and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. J Intern Med. 2004 Feb; 255(2):296-8.
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Prevalence and correlates of rheumatic heart disease in American Indians (the Strong Heart Study). Am J Cardiol. 2003 Jun 01; 91(11):1379-82.
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Autoimmunity and molecular mimicry in the pathogenesis of post-streptococcal heart disease. Front Biosci. 2003 May 01; 8:s533-43.
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Induction of myocarditis and valvulitis in lewis rats by different epitopes of cardiac myosin and its implications in rheumatic carditis. Am J Pathol. 2002 Jan; 160(1):297-306.
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Pathogenic mechanisms in rheumatic carditis: focus on valvular endothelium. J Infect Dis. 2001 Feb 01; 183(3):507-11.