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*Classically leads to mitral valve stenosis. | *Classically leads to mitral valve stenosis. | ||
**Rheumatic fever accounts for 99% of mitral stenosis.<ref name=Ref_PBoD594>{{Ref PBoD|594}}</ref> | **Rheumatic fever accounts for 99% of mitral stenosis.<ref name=Ref_PBoD594>{{Ref PBoD|594}}</ref> | ||
***Caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes''.<ref name=pmid18306530>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chopra | first1 = P. | last2 = Gulwani | first2 = H. | title = Pathology and pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 50 | issue = 4 | pages = 685-97 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = | PMID = 18306530 }}</ref> | |||
*Disease less frequent today - as streptococcal pharynigits is treated. | *Disease less frequent today - as streptococcal pharynigits is treated. | ||