Acute rheumatic endocarditis

**Definition:** A disease of the endocardium, caused as a result of acute rheumatic fever. This disease is characterised by a high fever, chills, shortness of breath, rapid or irregular heartbeat, coughing up of blood, abdominal pain or septicaemia. This disease commonly presents with valvular involvement. Confirmation is by echocardiography.

**Long definition:** Acute rheumatic endocarditis is inflammation of the endocardium in acute rheumatic fever which recognized clinically by valvular involvement.