Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young Woman

We describe the case of an adult First Nations woman employed as a daycare worker who presented with clinical symptoms, signs, and imaging suggestive of acute heart failure. In our report, we discuss the likely diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Novel teaching points: The incidence of rheumatic fev...

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Published in:CJC Open
Main Authors: Njaa, Preston, Bree, Teresa, De Villiers, Jacobus S., Leis, Benjamin
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020
Subjects:
Case Report
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893184/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.005
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Summary:We describe the case of an adult First Nations woman employed as a daycare worker who presented with clinical symptoms, signs, and imaging suggestive of acute heart failure. In our report, we discuss the likely diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Novel teaching points: The incidence of rheumatic fever in Canada is likely underestimated, and it is important to consider the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in individuals presenting with acute heart failure. More research is needed in Canada to further identify groups most at risk for developing this disease.

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