| Included in this general category is Sydenham's chorea, but it does not lead to carditis. |
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| The hallmarks of rheumatic fever include arthritis, carditis, cutaneous disease, chorea, and subsequent acquired valvular disease. |
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| Complications of untreated Lyme disease include carditis, neuroborreliosis, arthritis and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. |
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| At autopsy, these animals presented acute tubular necrosis, esteatosis, carditis, and diffuse alveolar damage. |
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| First or second degree block, however, can occur with rheumatic carditis, diphtheria, digoxin overdose, and congenital heart defects. |
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| The criteria list major manifestations that include carditis, erythema marginatum, polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules, and Sydenham's chorea. |
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| Prophylaxis for children without carditis should be maintained for at least 5 years and preferably throughout childhood. |
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| Patients with Lyme carditis are treated to prevent later complications of Lyme disease and to shorten the duration of the cardiac effects. |
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| As a result, Dr. Anisman reports, their practice has diagnosed quite a few cases of Lyme carditis. |
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| In later stages of the disease arthritis, carditis, as well as neurological and dermatological manifestations may occur. |
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| The definition of carditis will require clinical evidence of cardiac involvement in the form of a pathological murmur, pericarditis, or congestive heart failure. |
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| Current published reports contain extensive evidence linking acute carditis with acute rheumatic fever. |
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| Relation between the clinical signs of carditis and development of coronary arterial aneurysm. |
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| An erythema migrans rash with a target-like appearance, arthritis, and carditis are common clinical presentations. |
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| The correct answer is… Lyme carditis The additional information the doctor sought included: A question for the patient: Have you been in the woods lately? |
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| Acute rheumatic fever presents with various manifestations that may include carditis, chorea, arthritis, subcutaneous nodules and erythema marginatum. |
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