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Outcomes and Care Quality Metrics for Women of Reproductive Age Living With Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda
Chang A, Nabbaale J, Okello E, Ssinabulya I, Barry M, Beaton A, Webel A, Longenecker C. Outcomes and Care Quality Metrics for Women of Reproductive Age Living With Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e015562. PMID: 32295465, PMCID: PMC7428530, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAnticoagulantsComorbidityFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMaleMedication AdherenceOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesReproductive HealthRetention in CareRetrospective StudiesRheumatic Heart DiseaseRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSex FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUgandaWomen's HealthYoung AdultConceptsRheumatic heart diseaseWomen of reproductive ageHeart diseaseReproductive ageClinical rheumatic heart diseaseRheumatic Heart Disease RegistryAdherence to guideline-based therapyNew York Heart Association class III-IV heart failurePrescription of warfarinRisk of cardiovascular complicationsCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelRetrospective cohort studyGuideline-based therapyAdherence ratesDisease RegistryCohort studyAnticoagulant prescriptionSub-Saharan AfricaAnticoagulant useCardiovascular complicationsClinical outcomesCompare comorbiditiesHazards modelHeart failure
2024
Preintervention Wait Time and Survival in People With Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda
Doh C, An C, Chang A, Rwebembera J, Mwambu T, Beaton A, Nakagaayi D, Ruda Vega P, Sable C, Longenecker C, Lwabi P. Preintervention Wait Time and Survival in People With Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2024, 118: 941-948. PMID: 38908768, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.06.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic heart diseaseSurgical interventionRisk factors associated with timeClinical rheumatic heart diseaseFactors associated with timeAtrial fibrillationNew York Heart Association functional class III/IVYears of follow-upHeart diseaseCox proportional hazards modelsHistory of infective endocarditisHistory of atrial fibrillationMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelFunctional class III/IVPre-interventionRight ventricular dysfunctionProportional hazards modelAssociated with increased probabilityProbability of deathEducation levelKaplan-Meier estimatesSurgical burdenPreoperative mortalityValve surgeryClass III/IV
2021
Abstract 11913: Mortality Along the Rheumatic Heart Disease Cascade of Care in Uganda
Chang A, Barry M, Bendavid E, Watkins D, Beaton A, Lwabi P, Ssinabulya I, Longenecker C, Okello E. Abstract 11913: Mortality Along the Rheumatic Heart Disease Cascade of Care in Uganda. Circulation 2021, 144: a11913-a11913. DOI: 10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.11913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical rheumatic heart diseaseRheumatic heart diseasePublic health response to HIVMortality riskCare of HIV patientsMiddle-income countriesMortality of peopleCox proportional hazards modelsCare modelRetrospective cohort studyClinical careParticipant dataResponse to HIVCareAssess mortalityCohort studyHazard ratioAdherent subjectsEpidemiological evidenceSub-Saharan AfricaHeart failure historyKaplan-Meier curvesReference groupHazards modelMortality benefit