Catalog
Rheumatic myocarditis
Link to WHO Definition
Rheumatic myocarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1177212968
Rheumatic myocarditis is cardiac inflammation and scarring triggered by an autoimmune reaction to group A streptococci infection resulting acutely in pancarditis involving inflammation of the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium and chronically by valve fibrosis.