Clinical Audit on the Managment in Assiut University Children Hospital

Acute rheumatic fever,an auto immune response to Group A streptococcus infection of the upper respiratory tract,may result in carditis.when the inflammation leads to permenant damage of the valves the individual has rheumatic heart disease.

Recurrences of rheumatic fever are likely in the absence of preventive measures and may cause further cardiac valve and muscle damage,leading to heart failure,stroke and premature death.bacterial endocarditis is also a complication.