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Cardiac and Obstetric Complications of Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review Cover

Cardiac and Obstetric Complications of Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Open Access
|Jan 2026

Authors

Evangelia Alexopoulos

evangelia.alexopoulos@duke.edu

Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Doreen Nakagaayi

dnakagaayi@gmail.com

Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala; Department of Internal Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala

Elizabeth R. Blackwood

elizabeth.blackwood@duke.edu

Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives, Durham, NC

Felix Barasa

barasaceo12@gmail.com

Department of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret

Joan Kiyeng

joankiyeng@gmail.com

Department of Cardiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret

Wycliffe Kosgei

wycliffe.kosgei@gmail.com

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret

G. Titus Ng’eno

titus.ng.eno@duke.edu

Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Shanti Nulu

shantinulu@utexas.edu

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX

Rebecca Lumsden

rebecca.lumsden@duke.edu

Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC; Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Andrea Beaton

andrea.beaton@cchmc.org

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Gerald S. Bloomfield

gerald.bloomfield@duke.edu

Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1522 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 29, 2025
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Accepted on: Jan 14, 2026
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Published on: Jan 30, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Evangelia Alexopoulos, Doreen Nakagaayi, Elizabeth R. Blackwood, Felix Barasa, Joan Kiyeng, Wycliffe Kosgei, G. Titus Ng’eno, Shanti Nulu, Rebecca Lumsden, Andrea Beaton, Gerald S. Bloomfield, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.