Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of Surgical Strategies Versus Medical Management for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rwanda

Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of Surgical Strategies Versus Medical Management for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rwanda

Background One‐third of the global rheumatic heart disease burden lies in sub‐Saharan Africa, where 17% of patients with severe rheumatic heart disease die within 3 years without valve surgery. Surgery is often considered uneconomical, although this assumption is not grounded in cost‐effectiveness a...

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Main Authors: Vongai Mlambo, Songnan Wang, Maurice Musoni, Hannah Rando, Lambert Ingabire, Ceeya Patton‐Bolman, Gloria Mukeshimana, Evariste Ntaganda, Ralph Bolman, Eran Bendavid, Yihan Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiac surgery
cost‐effectiveness
rheumatic heart disease
sub‐Saharan Africa
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.038365
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