Incidence and prognosis of rheumatic carditis in a Belgian hospital. A 10-yr review (1965-1974).
106 cases of first attack of acute rheumatic fever were recorded during a decade (ending in 1974) in a Brussels pediatric clinic. 56 patients were Belgian and 50 were children of immigrants. The incidence of acute carditis was 23% among the former, 46% among the latter (P less than or equal to 0.01), and 34% among the whole group. The frequency of residual heart disease after a 3-yr antistreptococcal prophylaxis fell to 20% among the whole group. The difference in morbidity observed between Belgian children and children of immigrants calls for a prospective epidemiological study.
D000293:Adolescent; D001530:Belgium; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*
D011241:Prednisone