Postoperative Rheumatic Heart Disease Follow-Up: Creating a National Registry and First Results from Rwanda

Postoperative Rheumatic Heart Disease Follow-Up: Creating a National Registry and First Results from Rwanda

Background: In many developing countries, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is diagnosed at an advanced stage and requires surgery for patient survival. However, access to cardiac surgery in this context is limited and often provided through partnerships, requiring centralized patient data systems for m...

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Main Authors: Evariste Ntaganda, Emmanuel Rusingiza, Gilbert Rukundo, Loise Ng’ang’a, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Ziad El-Khatib, Gene F. Kwan, Ganza Gapira, Neil K. Worral, JaBaris Swain, Abel Kagame, Cadet Mutumbira, Nathan Ruhamya, Ceeya Bolman, Jessica Sewase, Gilles Ndayisiba, R.Morton Bolman III, Harold Goldberg, Joseph Mucumbitsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Levy Library Press 2020-09-01
Series:Annals of Global Health
Online Access:https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2719

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