Chapter-37 Lessons Learnt from History of Rheumatic Heart Diseases
BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Cardiology (A Clinical & Historical Perspective)
Author
1. Vijayalakshmi IB
ISBN
9789350900819
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12259_37
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
21
Author Affiliations
1.
Children’s Heart Care Centre, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, Karnataka,
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute Superspeciality Hospital, Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana Super Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Super Speciality Hospital (Pradhana Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana-PMSSY), Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research; Super Specialty Hospital (Pradhana Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana-PMSSY), Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Super Specialty Hospital (Pradhana Mantri Swasthya, Suraksha Yojana – PMSSY), Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
rheumatic fever,
connective tissue,
streptococcus family of bacteria,
physicians,
perplexing relation of the streptococcus to RF,
pathophysiology and epidemiology of autoimmune disease