Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: updates in diagnosis and treatment.

Autor: Rwebembera J; Division of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Beaton A; Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.; Division of Cardiology, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Publikováno v: Current opinion in pediatrics [Curr Opin Pediatr] 2024 Oct 01; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 496-502. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 22.

Intramuscular versus enteral penicillin prophylaxis to prevent progression of rheumatic heart disease: Study protocol for a noninferiority randomized trial (the GOALIE trial).

Autor: Rwebembera J; Division of Adult Cardiology, Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda. Electronic address: joselynr36@gmail.com., Ndagire E; Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Carvalho N; Economics of Global Health and Infectious Diseases Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia., Webel AR; Department of Child, Family and Population Health Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Sable C; Division of Cardiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC., Okello E; Division of Adult Cardiology, Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Sarnacki R; Global Cardiology Research Initiative, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC., Spaziani AM; Global Cardiology Research Initiative, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC., Mucunguzi A; Department of Finance and Administration, Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative in Uganda, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Engelman D; Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Children's Global Health Initiative, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia., Grobler A; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia., Steer A; Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Children's Global Health Initiative, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia., Beaton A; Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; Division of Cardiology, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Publikováno v: American heart journal [Am Heart J] 2024 Sep; Vol. 275, pp. 74-85. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 24.

Author Correction: 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease.

Autor: Rwebembera J; Division of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda. joselynr36@gmail.com., Marangou J; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.; Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.; Department of Cardiology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia., Mwita JC; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Botswana and Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana., Mocumbi AO; University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique., Mota C; Departamento de Paediatria, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil.; Divisão de Cardiologia Pediátrica e Fetal/Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Serviço de Paediatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil., Okello E; Division of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Nascimento B; Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil.; Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil., Thorup L; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark., Beaton A; Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.; Division of Cardiology, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Kado J; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccine and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.; School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia., Kaethner A; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.; NT Cardiac, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia., Kumar RK; Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India., Lawrenson J; Paediatric Cardiology Service of the Western Cape, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Marijon E; Division of Cardiology, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France., Mirabel M; Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France., Nunes MCP; Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil.; Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo, Horizonte, Brazil., Piñeiro D; Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Pinto F; Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, The Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal., Ralston K; World Heart Federation, Geneva, Switzerland., Sable C; Division of Cardiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA., Sanyahumbi A; Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA., Saxena A; Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, India., Sliwa K; Cape Heart Institute, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Steer A; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Viali S; School of Medicine, National University of Samoa, Apia, Samoa., Wheaton G; Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Wilson N; Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Hospital, Te Whatu Ora, Auckland, New Zealand., Zühlke L; South African Medical Research Council, Extramural Research & Internal Portfolio, Cape Town, South Africa.; Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Reményi B; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.; NT Cardiac, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia.

Publikováno v: Nature reviews. Cardiology [Nat Rev Cardiol] 2024 May; Vol. 21 (5), pp. 347.

Outcomes of latent rheumatic heart disease: External validation of a simplified score in patients with and without secondary prophylaxis.

Autor: Nascimento BR; Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Serviço de Hemodinâmica, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: ramosnas@gmail.com., Nunes MCP; Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., da Silva JLP; Departamento de Estatística, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Steer A; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA., Engelman D; Melbourne Children's Global Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Children's Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia., Okello E; Uganda Heart Institute and the Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Rwebembera J; Uganda Heart Institute and the Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Zuhlke L; South African Medical Research Council, Parow Cape Town, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa., Mirabel M; Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France., Nakitto M; Uganda Heart Institute and the Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Sarnacki R; Cardiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA., Ribeiro ALP; Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Sable CA; Cardiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA., Beaton AZ; The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Publikováno v: International journal of cardiology [Int J Cardiol] 2024 Mar 15; Vol. 399, pp. 131662. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 22.

Outcomes and care quality metrics for people living with rheumatic heart disease and atrial fibrillation in Uganda.

Autor: Opara CC; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Lan RH; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California., Rwebembera J; Department of RHD Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Okello E; Division of Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Watkins DA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Chang AY; Division of Cardiology, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, California.; Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California.; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California., Longenecker CT; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Publikováno v: Heart rhythm O2 [Heart Rhythm O2] 2024 Feb 15; Vol. 5 (4), pp. 201-208. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 15 (Print Publication: 2024).