Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of Surgical Strategies Versus Medical Management for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rwanda
Mechanical valve replacement is the most efficient surgical strategy for severe rheumatic heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa, challenging assumptions that surgery is uneconomical. Reducing surgery costs and optimizing anticoagulation could further enhance cost-effectiveness.
Authors
- Hannah J. Rando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-930X)
- Vongai Christine Mlambo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-7018)
- Evariste Ntaganda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5091-9719)
- Maurice Musoni
- Yihan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1704-8057)
- R. Morton Bolman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-9921)
- Eran Bendavid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-4711)
- Ceeya Patton‐Bolman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6073-6966)
- Songnan Wang
- Gloria Mukeshimana
- Lambert Ingabire
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Minnesota System (US)
- University of Vermont Medical Center (US)
- University of Kigali (RW)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (RW)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- Rwanda Biomedical Center (RW)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.038365
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00