4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Rheumatic Heart disease
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Question
Sir, what are the clinical features of a). active carditis b). infective endocarditis in a patient of established rheumatic heart disease and how can we differentiate between a and b?
Answer
Active carditis due to rheumatic fever is due to pancarditis and along with endocarditis may have myocarditis and pericarditis. Thus in addition to changing murmurs due to endocarditis, the patient may present with tachycardia, CCF due to myocarditis and chest pain and pericardial effusion due to pericarditis.
A child with infective endocarditis may have fever, splenomegaly and changing murmur with 2D echo suggestive of vegetations.
 
 
 
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