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The clinical features and estimated incidence of MIS-C in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Butters, Claire ; Abraham, Deepthi R ; Stander, Raphaella ; Facey-Thomas, Heidi ; Abrahams, Debbie ; Faleye, Ayodele ; Allie, Nazneen ; Soni, Khushbu ; Rabie, Helena ; Scott, Christiaan ; Zühlke, Liesl ; Webb, Kate Date: 02 May 2022 Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome is a severe manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 in children. The incidence of MIS-C after infection is poorly understood. There are very few cohorts describing MIS-C in Africa despite MIS-C ... Read more
Computer-assisted auscultation as a screening tool for cardiovascular disease : a cross-sectional study

Author: Zühlke, Liesl Date: 2011 Cardiac auscultation is inherently qualitative, highly subjective and requires considerable skill and experience. Computer- assisted auscultation (CAA) is an objective referral-decision support tool that aims to minimise inappropriate referrals. ... Read more
Effect of distance to health facility on the maintenance of INR therapeutic ranges in rheumatic heart disease patients from Cape Town: No evidence for an association

Author: Barth, Dylan Dominic ; Zühlke, Liesl ; Joachim, Alexia ; Hoegger, Tyler ; Mayosi, Bongani M ; Engel, Mark E Date: 01 Jun 2015 Background: Lack of adherence to international normalised ratio (INR) monitoring in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients is a contributor to cardio-embolic complications. This population-based observational study investigated whether the ... Read more c b
Global prevalence of congenital heart disease in school-age children: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Author: Liu, Yingjuan ; Chen, Sen ; Zühlke, Liesl ; Babu-Narayan, Sonya V ; Black, Graeme C ; Choy, Mun-kit ; Li, Ningxiu ; Keavney, Bernard D Date: 19 Nov 2020 Abstract Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the commonest birth defect. Studies estimating the prevalence of CHD in school-age children could therefore contribute to quantifying unmet ... Read more
Infant and Childhood Infective Endocarditis in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Retrospective Review

Author: Willoughby, Mark Date: 2020 Introduction Infective endocarditis is a microbial infection of the endothelial surface of the heart, predominantly the heart valves, that is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Few contemporary data exist regarding affected children ... Read more
Integrating the prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease into country health systems: a systemic review

Author: Abrams, Jessica Date: 2018 Part A is a research protocol which describes the background and proposed methodology of this systematic review. This section contains the details of quantitative and qualitative methods to be used when analysing rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ... Read more
Investigation of Copy Number Variation in South African Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

Author: Saacks, Nicole Aimee Date: 2020 Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading non-infectious cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide and a significant social and healthcare burden. The aetiology of CHD is poorly understood, though heritable genetic ... Read more
Post cardiac surgery sternal wound sepsis burden, risk factors and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a five-year experience

Author: Mpisane, Fefekazi Date: 2021 Purpose Sternal wound infection (SWI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in postoperative cardiac patients. We aimed to describe the burden, risk factors and outcomes of SWI in post-operative paediatric cardiac patients ... Read more

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