[Character of the rheumatic heart lesions in the current treatment and prevention of rheumatism].

An analysis and assessment of the character of heart lesions, their severity, development and influence by the contemporary complex antirheumatic treatment is performed on 1147 rheumatic patients. It was concluded that due to the organized struggle and prophylaxis of rheumatism as well as the timely diagnosis and early and complex antirheumatic treatment with the inclusion of relatively high doses of corticohormones, the rheumatic attacks develop lightly with a predominant affect of myocardium but to a light degree.