Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease: Unveiling what is Beyond Cardiac Manifestations.
Luiz Paulo Bastos VasconcelosMarcelle Cristina da Silva Bastos VasconcelosFrancisco Biagio Murta E Di FloraFlávio Augusto Paes de OliveiraPedro Drummond LimaLucas Campos Barbosa E SilvaBreno Camargos Mucelli SpolaorJosé Luiz Padilha da SilvaWilliam Antônio de Magalhães EstevesMaria do Carmo Pereira NunesAntônio Lúcio TeixeiraPublished in: Global heart (2022)
Neuropsychiatric manifestations are frequent in RHD patients, which may persist up to three decades after acute rheumatic fever. Age, major depression and severity of OCS were independently associated with BGMD. These manifestations deserve a close attention of clinicians and researchers dealing with adult patients with RHD.