rheumatic heart disease

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. damage to the heart, especially to the valves, as a result of rheumatic fever, characterized by inflammation of the myocardium or scarring and malfunction of the heart valves.

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Example Sentences

One of their priorities at the moment is rheumatic heart disease.

From BBC

Moreover, repeated infections can lead to the post-streptococcal sequelae of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, for which the Australian Indigenous population bears the highest disease burden globally.

From Science Daily

“Is this going to become the next rheumatic heart disease? We don’t know,” she said.

From Seattle Times

Less obvious examples include group A streptococcus, which kills around 300,000 people a year by causing rheumatic heart disease.

From Scientific American

But in poor countries, strep can result in rheumatic heart disease and a long, slow death sentence.

From New York Times