Traditional Jones criteria: limitation in the diagnosis of rheumatic fever in patients with mitral valve repair

• Main Authors: Yubbu, Putri, Jamaluddin, Johan Aref, Chang, Lydia Munn Ying, Kandavello @ Kandhavel, Geetha, Alwi, Mazeni, Samion @ Mingan, Hasri, Othman, Norlijah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77947/1/2020042012115644_MJMHS_0361.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77947/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020042012115644_MJMHS_0361.pdf

The present study aims to determine the limitations of traditional Jones criteria during the first episode of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) at the initial referral hospital, in a cohort of patients below 18 years old who had undergone mitral valve repair in National Heart Institute (IJN) from 2011 to...