1. Carditis is the second most frequent manifestation of RF, occurring in 40–50% of the patients. Although the endocardium, myocardium, and pericardium may be all affected characterizing a panCarditis, the endoCarditis, isolated or not, is the most frequent feature.

2. Rheumatic Carditis: panCarditis occurring in rheumatic fever, characterized by formation of Aschoff bodies in the cardiac interstitial tissue; may be associated with acute cardiac failure, endoCarditis with small fibrin vegetations on the margins of closure of valve cusps (especially the mitral), and fibrinous periCarditis; it …