Echoes of Life
Portable Echocardiography for Early Detection and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rural Tanzania.
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Professor Pilly Chillo
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1747
h-index
31
i10-index
36
Publications
46
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Portable Echocardiography for Early Detection and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rural Tanzania.
Trustworthy artificial intelligence for personalised risk assessment in chronic heart failure, in partnership with European and MUHAS investigators.
i10-index: number of publications that have at least 10 citations each. Here, 36 means 36 of Professor Pilly Chillo's papers are cited 10+ times.
h-index: scholarly influence index
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University of Bergen
Academic · Norway
Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
Clinical · Tanzania
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research · USA
East African CVD research network
Consortium · East Africa
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Clinical · Netherlands
Health Data Research UK
Research · United Kingdom
Ifakara Health Institute
Research · Tanzania
Leidsche Rijn Julius Health Centers
Clinical · Netherlands
Muhimbili National Hospital
Clinical · Tanzania
University College London
Academic · United Kingdom
University Medical Center Utrecht
Clinical · Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Academic · Netherlands
Utrecht University
Academic · Netherlands
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital
Clinical · Netherlands
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JOURNAL · 2026 · 67 citations
Ottaru TA, Mbotwa C, Grayer D, Rugemalila J, Hirschhorn LR, Kaaya S, Nyamsogoro G, Kiboma R, Mboya H, Mageni I, Chillo P, Tarimo E, Masters MC, Conover B, Hawkins C
Journal of the International AIDS Society
JOURNAL · 2026 · 0 citations
P Chillo, JL Wakatare, M Janabi, W Matuj, G Greve
Tanzania Medical Journal
JOURNAL · 2026 · 54 citations
Paulo LS, Piedade GJ, Mayala S, Harris V, Lenters VC, Mende DR, Kamuhabwa A, Kwesigabo G, Asselbergs FW, Chillo P, Klipstein-Grobusch K
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An electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most ordered investigations in cardiovascular medicine practice. This is due to it being a cheap, non-invasive and widely available test. Although cardiology has much evolved, with newer and complicated investigations, the ECG has remained one of the most important investigations. The test is mandatory in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, a life-threatening cardiac emergency. Furthermore, all cardiac conditions require an ECG to compliment the clinical and other investigations in making definitive diagnoses. With increase in diseases of lifestyle in our communities, more clinicians find themselves facing more patients with cardiovascular conditions in their day to day clinics, and often order an ECG as part of the baseline investigations. However, interpretation and making use of the ECG findings requires skills and knowledge. Unfortunately, many clinicians find it difficult and are not confident in ECG interpretation on a range of cardiac conditions. This could partly be resulting from limited exposure to ECG interpretation during clinical medicine training, but also lack of continuous medical education in this area. This course, therefore, intends to furnish trainees with the practical knowledge and skills to confidently conduct, interpret and report on an ECG taken from a wide range of clinical situations and commonly encountered cardiovascular conditions
7 Sept 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Echocardiography has revolutionized how we diagnose cardiac conditions by providing real-time high resolution images of the heart and large blood vessels. This has made possible for quick and precise diagnosis of almost all cardiac conditions. However, performing and interpreting echocardiogram needs special training in order to obtain optimum images and to correctly interpret the findings. This course intends to furnish trainees with the basic knowledge on echocardiography and equip them with skills to conduct, interpret and report basic echocardiogram examinations of a wide range of commonly encountered cardiovascular conditions.
31 Aug 2026 – 9 Oct 2026