Continuing Education Activity ... Rheumatic heart disease is a systemic immune condition that occurs as a complication of rheumatic fever. This ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.StatPearls[Internet].TreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.StatPearls[Internet].ShowdetailsTreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.SearchtermRheumaticHeartDiseaseClarissaDass;ArunKanmanthareddy.AuthorInformationAuthorsClarissaDass1;ArunKanmanthareddy2.Affiliations1MichiganStateUniversity2UniversityofTexasHoustonLastUpdate:November21,2020.ContinuingEducationActivityRheumaticheartdiseaseisasystemicimmuneconditionthatoccursasacomplicationofrheumaticfever.Thisoccursafterabeta-hemolyticstreptococcalinfectionofthethroat.Rheumaticheartdiseaseisacriticalformofacquiredheartdiseaseinchildrenandadultsworldwide.Thisactivityillustratestheevaluationandmanagementofrheumaticheartdiseaseandreviewstheroleoftheinterprofessionalteaminimprovingcareforpatientswiththiscondition.Objectives:IdentifytheaberrantimmuneresponsetoStreptococcuspyogenesinfectioninthepathophysiologyofrheumaticheartdisease.Outlinethepatienthistoryassociatedwithrhematicheartdisease.Summarizetheechocardiographiccriteriaforthediagnosisofrheumaticheartdisease.Explaintheimportanceofimprovingcarecoordinationamongtheinterprofessionalteamtostresstheimportanceofstrictfollow-uptoimproveoutcomesinthosewithrheumaticheartdisease.Earncontinuingeducationcredits(CME/CE)onthistopic.IntroductionRheumaticheartdiseaseisasystemicimmuneprocessthatis sequelaetoabeta-hemolyticstreptococcalinfectionofthepharynx.Itismostcommonindevelopingcountries.However,itisresponsiblefor250,000deathsinyoungpeopleworldwideeachyear.Over15millionpeoplehaveevidenceofrheumaticheartdisease.[1]EtiologyRheumaticheartdiseaseresultsfromeithersingleorrepeatedattacksofrheumaticfeverthatresultsinrigidityanddeformityofvalvecusps,thef