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