Rheumatic Attack

A rheumatic attack (from rheumatism) is an acute inflammatory damage to target organs in diffuse connective tissue diseases with predominant damage to the heart:

* heart disease caused by recurrent infection.

The name rheumatic is due to the observation that, predominantly in young people, people who have had rheumatism experience repeated attacks in the form of rheumatic attacks. It is possible that the name is due to the fact that it is during such attacks that rheumatic chorea or minor cardiosclerosis, characteristic of rheumatic lesions of the cardiovascular system, becomes noticeable on the ECG in combination with the active rheumatic phase.

Rheumatic attacks usually develop several weeks or months after the first attack and are often complicated by heart attacks, which can be caused by other causes. In some cases, attacks with repeated development after a long remission are also possible.

Complications of a rheumatic attack may include myocarditis, pericardium