Rhythm and Conduction Disorders in Acute Rheumatic Fever

Year 2021, Volume: 30 Issue: 3, 127 - 136, 30.09.2021

Osman Güvenç

https://doi.org/10.17827/aktd.866568

Abstract

Acute rheumatic fever is a disease that is very common in developing countries. Heart involvement is responsible for morbidity and mortality. Mitral and aortic valve insufficiency and stenosis, congestive heart failure, myocarditis and pericarditis can be seen. Even if carditis does not develop during the course of the disease, many rhythm and conduction defects may occur. These include all degrees of atrioventricular block, sinus tachycardia and bradycardia, atrial and ventricular premature beats, accelerated junctional rhythm, supraventricular tachycardia, junctional and ventricular tachycardia. In this review, rhythm and conduction defects that may occur in acute rheumatic fever disease, which continues to be an important public health problem, were discussed in the light of the literature.

Keywords

Acute Rheumatic Fever, Arrhythmia, Block

Akut Romatizmal Ateş Hastalığında Görülen Ritim ve İleti Bozuklukları

Abstract

Akut romatizmal ateş, gelişmekte olan ülkelerde çok sık görülen bir hastalıktır. Morbiditeden ve mortaliteden kalp tutulumu sorumludur. Mitral ve aort kapağında yetmezlik ve darlık, konjestif kalp yetmezliği, miyokardit ve perikardit görülebilir. Hastalığının seyri sırasında kardit gelişmese bile birçok ritim ve ileti kusuru ortaya çıkabilir. Bunlar arasında her dereceden atriyoventriküler blok, sinüs taşikardisi ve bradikardisi, atriyal ve ventriküler erken atımlar, akselere nodal ritim, supraventriküler taşikardi, junctional ve ventriküler taşikardi sayılabilir. Bu derlemede, önemli bir halk sağlığı problemi olmaya devam eden akut romatizmal ateş hastalığında ortaya çıkabilen ritim ve ileti kusurları, literatür bilgileri eşliğinde tartışıldı.

Keywords

Akut romatizmal ateş, Aritmi, Blok

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