2023
Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Procedures in Uganda
Rwebembera J, Chang A, Kitooleko S, Kaudha G, de Loizaga S, Nalule M, Ahabwe K, Zhang W, Okello E, Sinha P, Mwambu T, Sable C, Beaton A, Longenecker C. Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Procedures in Uganda. Global Heart 2023, 18: 62. PMID: 38028964, PMCID: PMC10655755, DOI: 10.5334/gh.1260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatic heart diseaseAcute rheumatic feverComplication of acute rheumatic feverHeart diseaseValve surgery proceduresPost-operative survivalCohort of patientsProportion of patientsOutcome of operated patientsRetrospective cohort studyFifteen-year survivalValvular heart diseaseChronic valvular heart diseaseLong-term complicationsMortality of patientsValve surgeryValve repairValvular operationsValve proceduresPublic health problemRe-operationValve replacementSurgical managementUgandan patientsValvular interventions
2021
Preoperative Computed Tomography Angiography Reveals Leaflet-Specific Calcification and Excursion Patterns in Aortic Stenosis
Chen I, Vedula V, Malik S, Liang T, Chang A, Chung K, Sayed N, Tsao P, Giacomini J, Marsden A, Wu J. Preoperative Computed Tomography Angiography Reveals Leaflet-Specific Calcification and Excursion Patterns in Aortic Stenosis. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2021, 14: 1122-1132. PMID: 34915729, PMCID: PMC9206593, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.121.012884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve areaAortic stenosisNoncoronary cuspMale patientsCalcium scoreCoronary cuspValve areaNormal valvesEvaluation of aortic stenosisTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementComputed tomography angiogramRight coronary cuspLeft coronary cuspNormal aortic valveRight coronary arteryAS severityValve replacementLeaflet thickeningOstial occlusionCalcification loadAortic valveLeaflet excursionCoronary arteryPatients