Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and Other Cardiac Conditions in Low-Risk Pregnancies in Kenya: A Prospective Echocardiography Screening Study

• Main Authors: John W. Snelgrove (Author), Joy Marsha Alera (Author), Michael C. Foster (Author), Kipchumba C. N. Bett (Author), Gerald S. Bloomfield (Author), Candice K. Silversides (Author), Felix A. Barasa (Author), Astrid Christoffersen-Deb (Author), Heather C. Millar (Author), Julie G. Thorne (Author), Rachel F. Spitzer (Author), Rajesh Vedanthan (Author), Nanette Okun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in sub-Saharan Africa contributes to significant cardiac morbidity and mortality, yet prevalence estimates of RHD lesions in pregnancy are lacking. Objectives: Our first aim was to evaluate women using echocardiography to estimate the prevalence of RHD and o...