Clinical Outcomes, Echocardiographic Findings, and Care Quality Metrics for People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 74; no. 9; pp. 1543 - 1548
• Main Authors: Chang, Andrew Y, Rwebembera, Joselyn, Bendavid, Eran, Okello, Emmy, Barry, Michele, Beaton, Andrea Z, Haeffele, Christiane, Webel, Allison R, Kityo, Cissy, Longenecker, Chris T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 03.05.2022
• Subjects: Adult; Benchmarking; Echocardiography; Female; HIV; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Male; Rheumatic Heart Disease - diagnostic imaging; Rheumatic Heart Disease - epidemiology; Stroke; Uganda - epidemiology; Uganda; global health; Uganda; HIV; quality of care; rheumatic heart disease

Abstract Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects 41 million people worldwide, mostly in low- and middle-income countries, where it is co-endemic with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is also a chronic inflammatory disorder associated with cardiovascular complications, yet the epidemi...