Changes in valvular regurgitation in mid-term follow-up of children with first attack acute rheumatic fever: first evaluation after the updated Jones criteria.

Updated Jones criteria make it possible to diagnose a significant number of patients, and the ratio of complete recovery among patients with silent carditis is significantly higher. Also, it can be speculated that the normal children in whom a physiological mitral regurgitation is detected should be followed in terms of rheumatic heart disease.