Rheumatic Heart Disease and Endomyocardial Fibrosis: A Complex Novel Case of Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) are major causes of cardiac disease in low-income countries. We present a case of a patient with mitral stenosis and restrictive cardiomyopathy, initially attributed to severe RHD, but with disease progression despite valve replacement, likely secondary to previously undiagnosed EMF.

SUBMITTER: Lin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646894 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature