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Polyarthritis, carditis, and erythema marginatum can be seen in what?
Rheumatic fever
this is an acute, recurrent inflammatory disease that develops 1-6 weeks after a group A strep infection.....
Rheumatic fever
Diagnosis of rheumatic fever is based on clinical history and ______
Jones criteria

(remember there are major and minor)
which part of the heart is likely affected by rheumatic heart disease?
mitral valve
histologically what will you see in rheumatic heart disease?
aschoff bodies
50 to 200 cc of slowly accumulating fluid is known as
serous acute pericarditis
most common- seen with MI & produces friction rub – usually completely resolves without sequelae...describes?
fibrinous and seofibrinous pericarditis
usually 2° to bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection which has reached the pericardium by direct extension ...describes?
Purulent
this type of acute pericarditis most often follows cardiac surgery or is associated iwth TB or malignancy
Hemorrhagic pericarditis
this type of acute pericarditis is 2° to TB & usually direct extension from lymph nodes (rarely from mycotic infection) --> fibrocalcific constrictive pericarditis
Caseous pericarditis
thick, nonadherent epicardial plaque (soldier’s plaque) to thin, delicate adhesions, to massive adhesions can be seen in what?
chronic pericarditis
this is Usually 2° TB or purulent pericarditis...
chronic pericarditis
what is usually the cause of constrictive pericarditis? what is the clinical significance of constrictive pericarditis?
TB

significant because of thick, dense, fibrous obliteration of the pericardial sac- often calcification – limits diastolic expansion & restricts output