Sarah de Loizaga, MD

Engaging American Indian Tribal Members Using Group-Level Assessment to Identify Needs and Priorities of a Local Heart Disease Program to Improve Cardiac Care. Miller, M; Vaughn, LM; Benashley, L; Bones, B; Buonfiglio, S; Lee-Gatewood, G; Paxson, A; Sarnacki, R; Walker, R; Whitesinger, D; Beaton, A; de Loizaga, S. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; e036624.

Enhanced support for adherence to rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis for children in the public health system in Uganda (CAMPS): a pragmatic randomised trial. de Loizaga, S; Pulle, J; Atanas, O; Alepere, J; Nambogo, JL; Ndagire, E; Kaudha, G; Ollberding, NJ; Okello, E; Rwebembera, J; Beaton, A. The Lancet Global Health. 2025; 13:e707-e715.

Rheumatic heart disease on an Eastern Arizona Reservation, 2007-2022. Hoekzema, J; Benashley, LC; Close, R; Beaton, A; de Loizaga, S. American Heart Journal Plus. 2024; 45:100447.

Socioeconomic Influences on Outcomes Following Congenital Heart Disease Surgery. Schneider, K; de Loizaga, S; Beck, AF; Morales, DL S; Seo, JD; Divanovic, A. Pediatric Cardiology. 2024; 45:1072-1078.

Specificity of the Modified Jones Criteria. Pulle, J; Ndagire, E; Atala, J; Fall, N; Okello, E; Oyella, LM; Rwebembera, J; Sable, C; Parks, T; Sarnacki, R; Nakitto, M; de Loizaga, SR; Wirth, S; Carapetis, J; Beaton, A. Pediatrics. 2024; 153:e2023062624.

User-Centered Design to Develop Automated Short Message Service Messaging for Patient Support of Rheumatic Heart Disease Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis. Fall, N; Odong, F; Thembo, J; Pulle, J; Hoekzema, J; Rwebembera, J; de Loizaga, S; Nakagaayi, D; Minja, N; Webel, A; Watkins, D; Beaton, A. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2024; 13:e031252.

Deployment of Point-of-Care Echocardiography to Improve Cardiac Diagnostic Access Among American Indians. de Loizaga, S; Benashley, L; Hoekzema, J; Ahmed, N; Alexander, C; Bolger, A; Evers, PD; Hill, GD; Nakagaayi, D; Nashio, JT; Tacuri, LM; Danforth, K; Beaton, A; Close, R. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2024; 13:e031231.

Advancing Cardiovascular Health Equity Globally Through Digital Technologies. Ogungbe, O; Longenecker, CT; Beaton, A; de Loizaga, S; Brant, LC C; Ocran, RA N T; Bastani, P; Sarfo, FS; Commodore-Mensah, Y. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2024; 13:e031237.

Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Procedures in Uganda. Rwebembera, J; Chang, AY; Kitooleko, SM; Kaudha, G; de Loizaga, S; Nalule, M; Ahabwe, K; Zhang, W; Okello, E; Sinha, P; Mwambu, T; Sable, C; Beaton, A; Longenecker, CT. Global Heart. 2023; 18:62.

Evaluating the implementation of a dynamic digital application to enable community-based decentralisation of rheumatic heart disease case management in Uganda: protocol for a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation study. Minja, NW; Pulle, J; Rwebembera, J; De Loizaga, SR; Fall, N; Ollberding, N; Abrams, J; Atala, J; Kamarembo, J; Oyella, L; Danforth, K; Okello, E; Beaton, AZ; Watkins, DA. BMJ Open. 2023; 13:e071540.