Establishing pediatric cardiovascular services in the developing world: A wake-up call

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1876-1878

  Yacoub, Magdi H ^a  

^a Chain of Hope UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Editorials; Epidemiology; Heart defects, congenital; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349130585     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.726265     Document Type: Editorial

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