Rheumatic heart disease

Rheumatic heart disease (referred to as rheumatic heart disease) is a common heart disease, which is the consequence of invasion of the heart by rheumatic lesions, which is manifested by narrowing of the valve orifice and / or insufficiency. There are more women than men in patients. The mitral valve is the most common type of damaged valve, and several valves can be affected at the same time, which is called combined valve disease.