TY - JOUR T1 - Rheumatic carditis in an 18 year old man JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1066 LP - 1066 DO - 10.1136/heart.89.9.1066 VL - 89 IS - 9 AU - R van Kimmenade AU - J P Smedema AU - R J van Suylen Y1 - 2003/09/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/89/9/1066.abstract N2 - An 18 year old man presented with progressive dyspnoea for three months. Seven months before admission he had suffered from choreatic movements of the right arm. A month before admission the general practitioner treated him for diagnosed pericarditis with high dosages of salicylates.At physical examination the patient appeared chronically ill and … ER -