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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for rheumatic fever is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with valve leaflet or chordae tendineae rupture.

Surgery

  • The mainstay of treatment for rheumatic fever is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
    • Valve leaflet or chordae tendineae rupture
    • Heart failure due to mitral or aortic valve regurgitation that cannot be managed with medical therapy alone

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