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 benefitClinical Outcomes, Echocardiographic Findings, and Care Quality Metrics for People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda
Chang A, Rwebembera J, Bendavid E, Okello E, Barry M, Beaton A, Haeffele C, Webel A, Kityo C, Longenecker C. Clinical Outcomes, Echocardiographic Findings, and Care Quality Metrics for People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 74: 1543-1548. PMID: 34382644, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusRheumatic heart diseaseEchocardiographic findingsImmunodeficiency virusHeart diseaseClinical outcomesDiagnosis of human immunodeficiency virusPrescription ratesAge- and sex-matched cohortMedication prescription ratesLongitudinal outcomes of patientsCare quality metricsOutcomes of patientsMiddle-income countriesEpidemiology of patientsSex-matched cohortAll-cause mortalityStroke/transient ischemic attackRate of strokeMedian ageClinical careCardiovascular complicationsClinical characteristicsMultivariable adjustmentConcurrent diagnosis