Catheter interventions in congenital heart disease without regular catheterization laboratory equipment: The chain of hope experience in rwanda

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Senga, John ^a   Rusingiza, Emmanuel ^b   Mucumbitsi, Joseph ^c   Binagwaho, Agnès ^d   Suys, Bert ^e   Lys, Christine ^f   Carbonez, Karlien ^f   Ovaert, Caroline ^f   Sluysmans, Thierry ^f  

^a Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c King Faisal Hospital (KFH)   (Rwanda)

^d Minister of Health   (Rwanda)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Cardiac heart diseases; Developing country

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RWANDA; SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RWANDA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872598031     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0378-5     Document Type: Article

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