Refining Risk Stratification Among Children With Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease

Andrea Beaton^#^{1

2}, Emmy Okello^#^{3

4}, Joselyn Rwebembera³, Anneke Grobler⁵, Daniel Engelman^{5

6}, Juliet Alepere³, Jonathan Carapetis⁷, Alyssa DeWyer⁸, Peter Lwabi³, Mariana Mirabel⁹, Ana Olga Mocumbi¹⁰, Miriam Nakitto³, Emma Ndagire³, Maria Carmo P Nunes¹¹, Isaac Otim Omara³, Rachel Sarnacki¹², Amy Scheel¹³, Nigel Wilson¹⁴, Liesl Zühlke^{15

16}, Ganesan Karthikeyan¹⁷, Craig A Sable⁵, Andrew C Steer^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (A.B.).
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, OH (A.B.).
³ The Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala (E.O., J.R., J.A., P.L., M.N., E.N., I.O.O.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (E.O.).
⁵ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia (A.G., D.E., C.A.S.).
⁶ Melbourne Children's Global Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia (D.E., A.C.S.).
⁷ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital (J.C., A.C.S.).
⁸ Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke (A.D.).
⁹ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Université de Paris, Cardio-Oncologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, France (M.M.).
¹⁰ Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique (A.O.M.).
¹¹ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (M.C.P.N.).
¹² Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC (R.S.).
¹³ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (A.S.).
¹⁴ Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (N.W.).
¹⁵ Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (L.Z.).
¹⁶ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (L.Z.).
¹⁷ All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (G.K.).

^# Contributed equally.

Andrea Beaton et al. Circulation. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 13;147(24):1848-1850.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.063194. Epub 2023 Jun 12.

¹ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (A.B.).
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, OH (A.B.).
³ The Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala (E.O., J.R., J.A., P.L., M.N., E.N., I.O.O.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (E.O.).
⁵ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia (A.G., D.E., C.A.S.).
⁶ Melbourne Children's Global Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia (D.E., A.C.S.).
⁷ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital (J.C., A.C.S.).
⁸ Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke (A.D.).
⁹ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Université de Paris, Cardio-Oncologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, France (M.M.).
¹⁰ Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique (A.O.M.).
¹¹ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (M.C.P.N.).
¹² Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC (R.S.).
¹³ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (A.S.).
¹⁴ Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (N.W.).
¹⁵ Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (L.Z.).
¹⁶ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (L.Z.).
¹⁷ All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (G.K.).

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: child; rheumatic heart disease; risk.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures None.