风湿性心脏病波及地域甚广,起欧美至非洲、从温热带到寒带皆有发生。据世界卫生组织的调查报告,30年前欧洲城市医院,仍有1/3内科病床被风湿热与风湿性心脏病病人占据〔1〕。由于采取了对链球菌感染的防治措施,其发病率有大幅度下降。本病是我国、我省及我地区最常见的器质性心脏病之一,该病多发于青 Rheumatic heart disease spreads very widely, from Europe and the United States to Africa, from the warm to the cold zone all occur. According to the World Health Organization survey, 30 years ago in European city hospital, there are still 1/3 of medical beds are occupied by patients with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease 〔1〕. Due to the prevention and treatment of streptococcal infection, the incidence has dropped significantly. The disease is our country, our province and one of the most common organic heart disease, the disease occurs in young