"About 100 years ago, there were more pediatric hospital beds occupied by children with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease than all other infectious diseases combined," said Dr.

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results ... the risk of Reye’s syndrome causing fulminant hepatic failure and death in children has decreased its use. Long-term therapy ...

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...

The CVRI Congenital Developmental Heart Disease Theme researchers conduct a wide spectrum of basic science as well as clinical and translational studies. The Texas Children’s Hospital Heart Center and ...

These patients were selected irrespective of rheumatic manifestations, degree of disease activity ... the prediction of heart damage. From the House of the Good Samaritan, Children's Medical ...