- Acute Rheumatic Fever can present as isolated chest pain & cardiac features, and no fever, no joint symptoms.
- It can be worth getting a second opinion regarding imaging investigations when there is a clinical suspicion of a high morbidity diagnosis.
- There is a high incidence of ARFv in the Kimberly currently, anecdotally, although WA historically compares similarly to other Australian states.
- Remember the 2012 Australian Acute Rheumatic Fever Guidelines, which are available as an app both on iOS, and Android.
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