How is Acute Rheumatic Fever diagnosed
How is the diagnosis of ARF established and how have the criteria changed in recent years?
The Jones criteria for guidance in the diagnosis of ARF were first published by T. Duckett Jones, M.D., in 1944 and have been revised periodically by the American Heart Association. In 2015, criteria have been adjusted to account for baseline population-specific risk and subclinical (echocardiographic) valvulitis. A summary of current criteria is listed further
