ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN UGANDA: AN ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES AND QUALITY CARE METRICS
Opara C, Lan R, Rwebembera J, Okello E, Watkins D, Chang A, Longenecker C. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN UGANDA: AN ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES AND QUALITY CARE METRICS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 83: 2461. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(24)04451-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutcomes and care quality metrics for people living with rheumatic heart disease and atrial fibrillation in Uganda
Opara C, Lan R, Rwebembera J, Okello E, Watkins D, Chang A, Longenecker C. Outcomes and care quality metrics for people living with rheumatic heart disease and atrial fibrillation in Uganda. Heart Rhythm O2 2024, 5: 201-208. PMID: 38690140, PMCID: PMC11056452, DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2024.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic heart diseaseCare retentionAtrial fibrillationFactors associated with retentionCare quality metricsNearest health centerNew York Heart Association functional class III/IVComplications of rheumatic heart diseaseLower-resource settingsHeart diseaseFunctional class III/IVMultivariate logistic regressionMedian follow-upCare metricsHealth centersPrescription ratesCareConcurrent AFAnticoagulant prescriptionLogistic regressionClass III/IVAF participantsMedian ageAtrial flutterCharacterize demographics