Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a ...

theheart.org on Medscape, November 06, 2017 Echo Case: Why Is There Dyspnea? Start With the Doppler Dr Wharton narrates a case of a patient with a history of rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic valvular heart disease is the most common cause ... Diagnosis is predominantly via echocardiography, which can visualize the rheumatically thickened, immobile valve leaflets.

Aortic stenosis is a condition where the aortic valve narrows, obstructing blood flow from the heart to the aorta. As a ...