Rheumatic heart disease and coronary vasculitis in children.
Rheumatic fever is a systemic inflammatory disease which may also cause vasculitis in multiple organ systems.


CONCLUSIONS
Two children with rheumatic mitral valve disease and mitral valve replacement developed myocardial ischaemia due to coronary vasculitis. One of them had neurological findings that may be attributed to cerebral vasculitis.
Gunal
Nazlihan
N
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. ngunal@omu.edu.tr
Baysal
Kemal
K
Haciomeroglu
Pelin
P
Belet
Nursen
N
Kolbakir
Fersat
F
D000293:Adolescent; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*