rheumatic heart disease

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. damage to the heart, especially to the valves, as a result of rheumatic fever, characterized by inflammation of the myocardium or scarring and malfunction of the heart valves.

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Example Sentences

One of their priorities at the moment is rheumatic heart disease.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

Moreover, repeated infections can lead to the post-streptococcal sequelae of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, for which the Australian Indigenous population bears the highest disease burden globally.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

“Is this going to become the next rheumatic heart disease? We don’t know,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Hassab had just had surgery for rheumatic heart disease.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 10, 2020

Insidious kidney disease, rheumatic heart disease, the infections of which pneumonia is a typical example, all these have been the causes of death and not hard work, and they may come to any of us.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)