Objective Digoxin is widely used in patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) despite a lack of data on its impact on clinical outcomes. We aimed to determine the association of digoxin use on ...

This study provides a comprehensive global analysis of valvular heart disease, highlighting the rising prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease and degenerative mitral valve disease in high ...

Variations in serum concentration of the enzyme, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, in 64 patients with rheumatic fever were studied. Elevations were noted in 17 of 26 patients with carditis of ...

In people who have had previous rheumatic fever (the body attacking itself in response to bacterial infection) or have rheumatic heart disease (long-term damage to the heart due to rheumatic fever): - ...