Prevalence of Early Rheumatic Heart Disease Among Asymptomatic Students in Underserved Communities in Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Amsalu Tomas Chuma   ^{1, 2} , MTech, MSc ;   Desalew Mekonnen Kassie   ³ , MD ;   Jens-Uwe Voigt   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Melkamu Hunegnaw Asmare   ^{1, 5} , PhD ;   Ahmed Saeed Youssef   ^{4, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Carolina Varon   ⁷ , PhD ;   Rik Willems   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Michelle Yates   ⁸ , MD ;   Adane Petros Sikamo   ³ , MD ;   Yidnekachew Asrat Birhan   ³ , MD ;   Chunzhuo Wang   ¹ , PhD ;   Bart Vanrumste   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, eMedia Research Lab/ Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing, and Data Analytics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

² College of Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

³ College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ Institute of Technology, Center of Biomedical Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

⁷ Department of Electrical Engineering, STADIUS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Soddo Christian General Hospital, Wolaita Soddo, Ethiopia