{"id":569024,"date":"2026-10-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/rheumatic-heart-disease-in-children-and-adolescents\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:54:31","slug":"rheumatic-heart-disease-in-children-and-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/rheumatic-heart-disease-in-children-and-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children and Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rheumatic heart disease has largely disappeared from clinical practice in high-income countries, but it remains a leading cause of acquired heart disease among children and adolescents worldwide. A recent review article summarizes the shifts that have occurred in recent years in terms of epidemiology, understanding of the disease, and diagnostics. The most significant shift concerns the disease model itself: the condition is now understood as a preventable chronic disease with a detectable early stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Frheumatic-heart-disease-in-children-and-adolescents%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rheumatic heart disease has largely disappeared from clinical practice in high-income countries, but it remains a leading cause of acquired heart disease among children and adolescents worldwide. 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