The occult rheumatic scourge: A clinicopathological analysis of missed rheumatic heart disease

Aims: To study the clinical and pathological manifestations of missed cases of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and postulate possible reasons behind a missed diagnosis. Materials and Methods: Retrospective 20-year (2000–2019) autopsy data of chronic RHD were reviewed and patients, in whom the valvular...

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Main Authors: Pawan Daga, Pradeep Vaideeswar, Ashutosh Goyal, Supreet P Marathe, Rishi Bhargav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2022;volume=65;issue=4;spage=766;epage=771;aulast=Daga