HEART VALVE DAMAGE IN ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER.

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Relevance. Despite the successes in studying the problem of ARF, it remains relevant to this day. In economically developed countries, the clinical picture of rheumatic fever has changed; the disease has lost its classic features: acute onset, high fever, acute “flying” polyarthritis, pancarditis (Ermolova L.M. 2006).