Abstract Background: Rheumatic carditis is a challenge for treatment and secondary prophylaxis, due to severe valve sequelae. Objective: To evaluate the cases of rheumatic carditis in patients under 18 years old treated with corticosteroids. Methods: An observational, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out on the profile of patients, in the period of 2000-2015. We selected those who received corticosteroid therapy at immunosuppressive doses, for the treatment of carditis and were aged 5 to 18 years. Data were extracted from […]

Introduction Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis,, with multisystem involvement, that mainly affects women between 40 and 60 years of age. It is the most prevalent cause of autoimmune hyperthyroidism in pregnancy,, and it can be distinguished from gestational thyrotoxicosis due to the presence of diffuse goiter and previous history of hyperthyroidism. Clinical hyperthyroidism occurs in 0.2% of pregnant women. Heart failure (HF) is a rare manifestation of decompensated GD and it […]