[Effect of a high-protein diet on clinical and some biochemical indices of patients with torpid and latent courses of recurrent rheumatic heart disease].

The effect of a protein-rich diet containing 141 g of protein on the clinical and some biochemical findings in 145 patients with a torpidly, and latently running recurrent rheumatic heart disease was studied. Pertinent observations have shown the protein-rich diet to have a very beneficial effect on the clinico-biochemical and immunological indices that are pathognomic of rheumatism with low activity and torpid course.