... in these patients were isolated mitral stenosis, isolated mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse or mitral stenosis with regurgitation. Post-inflammatory lesions were commonly found in those with mitral stenosis who had a past history of rheumatic fever. Patients with mitral valve prolapse had either post...

...Richard M. Hodes While recurrence of rheumatic fever is common, recurrence after valve replacement has not been reported. A 15-year-old Ethiopian boy returned from America after mitral valve replacement in May 1986. He did not take antibiotic prophylaxis and, in February 1987, had recurrent...