2024
Outcomes 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
2023
Abstract 14916: Clinical and Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Time to Surgery and Preoperative Mortality in Surgery-Eligible Patients With Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in Uganda
Doh C, An C, Chang A, Rwebembera J, Mwambu T, Beaton A, Nakagaayi D, Vega P, Sable C, Lwabi P, Longenecker C. Abstract 14916: Clinical and Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Time to Surgery and Preoperative Mortality in Surgery-Eligible Patients With Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in Uganda. Circulation 2023, 148: a14916-a14916. DOI: 10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.14916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic heart diseaseFactors associated with timeLikelihood of surgeryPreoperative mortalitySurgical indicationsAwaiting surgeryAtrial fibrillationIncreased likelihood of surgeryValvular rheumatic heart diseaseHistory of infective endocarditisHistory of atrial fibrillationMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelAdvanced rheumatic heart diseaseHeart diseaseRate of surgical interventionRheumatic valvular heart diseaseNYHA class I/IISurgery-eligible patientsNYHA class III/IVMedian follow-upAssociated with increased mortalityTime to surgeryCohort of patientsReceipt of surgeryValvular heart disease