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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2026

With Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Mild Rheumatic Heart Disease Rarely Progresses Over 5 Years.

Joselyn Rwebembera, Craig Sable, Anneke C Grobler, Jafesi Pulle, Amy Scheel, Atukunda Mucunguzi, Alison M Spaziani, Daniel Engelman, Jonathan Carapetis, Ganesan Karthikeyan and 16 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Joselyn RwebemberaDivision of Adult Cardiology Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Craig SableSection of Cardiology Ochsner Children's Hospital New Orleans LA USA.
Anneke C GroblerDepartment of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Australia.
Jafesi PulleRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Amy ScheelPediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PA USA.
Atukunda MucunguziRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Alison M SpazianiGlobal Cardiology Research Children's National Hospital Washington DC USA.
Daniel EngelmanDepartment of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Australia.
Jonathan CarapetisThe Kids Research Institute Australia, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital Perth Australia.
Ganesan KarthikeyanAll India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India.
Peter LwabiDivision of Pediatric Cardiology Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Liesl ZühlkeSouth African Medical Research Council, Extramural Research & Internal Portfolio Cape Town South Africa.
Maria C P NunesFederal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil.
Nigel WilsonGreen Lane Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Hospital, Te Whatu Ora Auckland New Zealand.
Ana Olga MocumbiDivision of Pediatric Cardiology University Eduardo Mondlane Maputo Mozambique.
Emma NdagireRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Christine Mwaka OkweraRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Susan AkulloRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Julious EtyangRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Alannah RudkinClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4282-9648
Rachel SarnackiGlobal Cardiology Research Children's National Hospital Washington DC USA.
Miriam NakittoRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Brenda AtimRheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.
Emmy OkelloDivision of Adult Cardiology Uganda Heart Institute Kampala Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-6109-0092
Andrew SteerDepartment of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Australia.
Andrea BeatonDepartment of Pediatrics School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4963-355X

Funding

Reducing the Impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease across the Life Span: The Impact ProgramD43TW012255 · FIC · MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Andrea Zawacki Beaton, Emmy Okello · 2022 to 2026
$1.1M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW012255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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disease progressionoutcomesrheumatic heart diseasesecondary antibiotic prophylaxis

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PMID41532533
PMCPMC12919473

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