Pattern and clinical aspects of congenital heart diseases and their management in Cameroon

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-28

  Tantchou Tchoumi, J C ^a   Ambassa, J C ^a   Chelo, D ^b   Kamdem Djimegne, F ^c   Giamberti, A ^a,d   Cirri, S ^a,d   Kingue, S ^e   Butera, G ^a,d  

^a Cardiac Centre   (Cameroon)

^b Mother and Child Centre of the Chantal Biya Foundation   (Cameroon)

^c DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Congenital heart defects; Hospital; Sub Saharan Africa; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CENTER; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART MURMURS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952234107     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-010-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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