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Polyarthritis, carditis, and erythema marginatum can be seen in what?
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Rheumatic fever
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this is an acute, recurrent inflammatory disease that develops 1-6 weeks after a group A strep infection.....
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Rheumatic fever
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Diagnosis of rheumatic fever is based on clinical history and ______
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Jones criteria
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which part of the heart is likely affected by rheumatic heart disease?
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mitral valve
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histologically what will you see in rheumatic heart disease?
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aschoff bodies
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50 to 200 cc of slowly accumulating fluid is known as
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serous acute pericarditis
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most common- seen with MI & produces friction rub – usually completely resolves without sequelae...describes?
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fibrinous and seofibrinous pericarditis
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usually 2° to bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection which has reached the pericardium by direct extension ...describes?
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Purulent
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this type of acute pericarditis most often follows cardiac surgery or is associated iwth TB or malignancy
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Hemorrhagic pericarditis
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this type of acute pericarditis is 2° to TB & usually direct extension from lymph nodes (rarely from mycotic infection) --> fibrocalcific constrictive pericarditis
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Caseous pericarditis
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thick, nonadherent epicardial plaque (soldier’s plaque) to thin, delicate adhesions, to massive adhesions can be seen in what?
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chronic pericarditis
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this is Usually 2° TB or purulent pericarditis...
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chronic pericarditis
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what is usually the cause of constrictive pericarditis? what is the clinical significance of constrictive pericarditis?
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TB
significant because of thick, dense, fibrous obliteration of the pericardial sac- often calcification – limits diastolic expansion & restricts output |