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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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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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7893184 2023-05-15T16:15:51+02:00 Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young Woman Njaa, Preston Bree, Teresa De Villiers, Jacobus S. Leis, Benjamin 2020-10-12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893184/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.005 en eng Elsevier http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893184/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.005 © 2020 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). CC-BY-NC-ND CJC Open Case Report Text 2020 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.005 2021-02-28T01:33:51Z 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. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Canada CJC Open 3 2 214 216
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Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young Woman
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description 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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