Catalog
Acute rheumatic myocarditis
Link to WHO Definition
Acute rheumatic myocarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/573695921
Acute rheumatic myocarditis is cardiac inflammation associated with acute rheumatic fever triggered by an autoimmune reaction to group A streptococci infection resulting in pancarditis involving inflammation of the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium, usually with left-sided valvar involvement.