Rheumatic Heart Disease

"Rheumatic Heart Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Cardiac manifestation of systemic rheumatological conditions, such as RHEUMATIC FEVER. Rheumatic heart disease can involve any part the heart, most often the HEART VALVES and the ENDOCARDIUM.

Descriptor ID	D012214
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.410.890.731.649 C14.280.874
Concept/Terms	Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic Heart Disease Disease, Rheumatic Heart Diseases, Rheumatic Heart Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Diseases, Rheumatic Rheumatic Heart Diseases Bouillaud Disease Bouillaud Disease Disease, Bouillaud Bouillaud's Disease Bouillauds Disease Disease, Bouillaud's

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Rheumatic Heart Disease".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Streptococcal Infections [C01.252.410.890]
Rheumatic Fever [C01.252.410.890.731]
Rheumatic Heart Disease [C01.252.410.890.731.649]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Rheumatic Heart Disease [C14.280.874]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Rheumatic Heart Disease".

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