Reumatic fever and rheumatic heart desease are still common and major
public health problems in developing countries, include Syria. For their the
study aims to present state and characteristics of RF in the last 10 year. and
to determine the rule
of ECHO / Doppler in the diagnosis of subclinc RHD.
285 patients with RF who were hospitalized at Damascus University
Children’s Hospital between Jan .1994 and Dec.2003 were reviewed
retrospectively.
