What is the relationship between rheumatic fever and valvular heart disease?

What is the relationship between rheumatic fever and valvular heart disease?



Answer: Mitral stenosis and mitral insufficiency are frequently the consequence of inflammation or injury and scarring of the heart valves secondary to rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

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