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, Peter Lwabi, Liesl Zühlke, Maria C P Nunes, Nigel Wilson, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Emma Ndagire, Christine Mwaka Okwera, Susan Akullo, Julious Etyang, Alannah Rudkin, Rachel Sarnacki, Miriam Nakitto, Brenda Atim, Emmy Okello, Andrew Steer, Andrea Beaton

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DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.046842
Published: 2026-01-20
Container: Journal of the American Heart Association
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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@article{allodium:10.1161/jaha.125.046842,
  title = {With Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Mild Rheumatic Heart Disease Rarely Progresses Over 5 Years},
  author = {Joselyn Rwebembera and Craig Sable and Anneke C Grobler and Jafesi Pulle and Amy Scheel and Atukunda Mucunguzi and Alison M Spaziani and Daniel Engelman and Jonathan Carapetis and Ganesan Karthikeyan and Peter Lwabi and Liesl Zühlke and Maria C P Nunes and Nigel Wilson and Ana Olga Mocumbi and Emma Ndagire and Christine Mwaka Okwera and Susan Akullo and Julious Etyang and Alannah Rudkin and Rachel Sarnacki and Miriam Nakitto and Brenda Atim and Emmy Okello and Andrew Steer and Andrea Beaton},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of the American Heart Association},
  doi = {10.1161/jaha.125.046842},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.046842}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - With Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Mild Rheumatic Heart Disease Rarely Progresses Over 5 Years
AU  - Joselyn Rwebembera
AU  - Craig Sable
AU  - Anneke C Grobler
AU  - Jafesi Pulle
AU  - Amy Scheel
AU  - Atukunda Mucunguzi
AU  - Alison M Spaziani
AU  - Daniel Engelman
AU  - Jonathan Carapetis
AU  - Ganesan Karthikeyan
AU  - Peter Lwabi
AU  - Liesl Zühlke
AU  - Maria C P Nunes
AU  - Nigel Wilson
AU  - Ana Olga Mocumbi
AU  - Emma Ndagire
AU  - Christine Mwaka Okwera
AU  - Susan Akullo
AU  - Julious Etyang
AU  - Alannah Rudkin
AU  - Rachel Sarnacki
AU  - Miriam Nakitto
AU  - Brenda Atim
AU  - Emmy Okello
AU  - Andrew Steer
AU  - Andrea Beaton
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of the American Heart Association
DO  - 10.1161/jaha.125.046842
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.046842
ER  -

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Rwebembera, J., Sable, C., Grobler, A. C., Pulle, J., Scheel, A., Mucunguzi, A., Spaziani, A. M., Engelman, D., Carapetis, J., Karthikeyan, G., Lwabi, P., Zühlke, L., Nunes, M. C. P., Wilson, N., Mocumbi, A. O., Ndagire, E., Okwera, C. M., Akullo, S., Etyang, J., Rudkin, A., Sarnacki, R., Nakitto, M., Atim, B., Okello, E., Steer, A., & Beaton, A. (2026). With Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Mild Rheumatic Heart Disease Rarely Progresses Over 5 Years. Journal of the American Heart Association. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.046842

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