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Decentralization and integration of advanced cardiac care for the world’s poore...
Klassen, Sheila L.; Okello, Emmy; Ferrer, Jose M. E.; Alizadeh, Faraz; Barango, Prebo; Chillo, Pilly; Chimalizeni, Yamikani; Dagnaw, Wubaye WalelgneRheumatic and congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and hypertensive heart disease are major causes of suffering and death in low- and lower middle-income countries (LLMICs), where the world's poorest billion people reside. Advanced cardiac care in these counties is still predominantly provided by specialists at urban tertiary centers, and is largely inaccessible to the rural poor. This situation is due t...
2023 World Heart Federation guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of r...
Rwebembera, Joselyn; Marangou, James; Mwita, Julius Chacha; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Mota, Cleonice; Okello, Emmy; Nascimento, Bruno; Thorup, LeneRheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an important and preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among children and young adults in low-income and middle-income countries, as well as among certain at-risk populations living in high-income countries. The 2012 World Heart Federation echocardiographic criteria provided a standardized approach for the identification of RHD and facilitated an improvement in early case...