Nurse-Driven Echocardiography and Management of Heart Failure at District Hospitals in Rural Rwanda

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Dec;11(12):e004881. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004881.

Lauren A Eberly¹, Emmanuel Rusingiza^{2

3}, Paul H Park^{4

5}, Gedeon Ngoga³, Symaque Dusabeyezu³, Francis Mutabazi³, Emmanuel Harerimana³, Joseph Mucumbitsi⁶, Philippe F Nyembo⁷, Ryan Borg³, Cyprien Gahamanyi³, Cadet Mutumbira³, Evariste Ntaganda⁷, Christian Rusangwa³, Gene F Kwan^{4

5

8}, Gene Bukhman^{1

4

5

9}

¹ Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (L.A.E., G.B.).
² Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, Rwanda (E.R.).
³ Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda (E.R., G.N., S.D., F.M., E.H., R.B., C.G., C.M., C.R.).
⁴ Partners in Health, Boston, MA (P.H.P., G.F.K., G.B.).
⁵ Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (P.H.P., G.F.K., G.B.).
⁶ Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda (J.M.).
⁷ Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda (P.F.N., E.N.).
⁸ Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA (G.F.K.).
⁹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (G.B.).

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Keywords: cardiomyopathies; global health; heart failure; leadership; quality improvement; rheumatic heart disease; sub-Saharan Africa.

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