Review of 609 patients with rheumatic fever in terms of revised and updated Jones criteria

Olgunturk R., Canter B., Tunaoglu F. S. , Kula S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.112, no.1, pp.91-98, 2006 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 112 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.007
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.91-98
  • Keywords: rheumatic fever, clinical presentation, rheumatic heart disease, small joint involvement, mono arthritis, Jones criteria, HEART-DISEASE, FOLLOW-UP, UNITED-STATES, CARDITIS, AREA, DIAGNOSIS, RESURGENCE, VALVITIS, ANKARA, TURKEY

Abstract

Background: To investigate the findings and prognosis of rheumatic fever (RF) patients seen in the past 20 years and to compare the last two decades.