Reuben Kato Mutagaywa
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is 3rd most common cause of Heart failure after Hypertensive heart diseases and Cardiomyopathy in Tanzania (Makubi et al. Heart. 2014;100 (16): 1235-41). Pure Mitral stenosis comprised 15% in a cohort of RHD patients in a study done at Tanzania cardiac center. Patients are young and have complications like atrial fibrillation, Pulmonary hypertension, heart failure and Stroke as they present Late. Treatment includes Medical and invasive (surgical and percutaneous valvuloplasty) modalities. Registries (Okello et al. Afr Health Sci. 2015; 15(4): 1182-8) shows that 72% of patients requires invasive and 28% requires medical treatment. However, current situation 91% of patients are on medical treatment and 9% on invasive (8% surgical and 1% percutaneous valvuloplasty). Hence a need of studies to explore on the factors that can influence management strategies which might include clinical and histopathomorphological findings of this cohort of patients.
Contact
Email: reubenmutagaywa@yahoo.com
Phone: +255717921555
Keywords research
Histological findings; Morphological findings; Echocardiographic findings; Rheumatic mitral stenosis; Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty; Tanzania
Research topic
Clinical and histopathomorphological findings of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis in Tanzanian patients: Implications for surgical and non-surgical treatment outcomes
Type of research
Clinical research (cardiovascular)
Collaborations / partnerships
Muhimbili University College of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and UMC Utrecht Global Health Support Program