Have you ever had rheumatic fever or scarlet fever ... Then the doctor switched on the ECG machine and got a reading of the electrical impulses generated with Meroney’s heartbeats.

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a ...

The Carey Coombs Murmur occurs during acute rheumatic fever. Mitral valvulitis can occur causing thickening of the leaflets. A murmur is created by increased blood flow across the thickened mitral ...