Community study to uncover the full spectrum of rheumatic heart disease in Uganda

Amy Scheel; Isaac Ssinabulya; Twalib Aliku; Tyler Bradley-Hewitt; Alexa Clauss; Sarah Clauss; Lexi Crawford; Alyssa DeWyer; Mary T Donofrio; Marni Jacobs; Jennifer Klein; Teresa E Moore; Emmy Okello; Janet Scheel; Rebekah Shaw; Craig Sable; Peter Lwabi; David A Watkins; Andrea Beaton

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313171

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Community study to uncover the full spectrum of rheumatic heart disease in Uganda

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Amy Scheel Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Isaac Ssinabulya Department of Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Twalib Aliku Department of Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tyler Bradley-Hewitt Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexa Clauss Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Clauss Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lexi Crawford Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alyssa DeWyer Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary T Donofrio Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marni Jacobs Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer Klein Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Teresa E Moore Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emmy Okello Department of Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet Scheel Department of Cardiology, St. Louis Children’s, St. Louis, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rebekah Shaw Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Craig Sable Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Lwabi Department of Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David A Watkins Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrea Beaton Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Amy Scheel, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA; ascheel3{at}jhu.edu

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Scheel A, Ssinabulya I, Aliku T, et al

Community study to uncover the full spectrum of rheumatic heart disease in Uganda

Heart 2019;105:60-66.

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Received February 16, 2018
Revised June 29, 2018
Accepted July 3, 2018
First published August 1, 2018.

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January 18, 2021

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