Cardiac surgery capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 393-401

  Yankah, Charles ^a,b   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^c   Antunes, Manuel ^d   Edwin, Frank ^e   Yuko Jowi, Christine ^f   Mendis, Shanthi ^g   Thameur, Habib ^h   Urban, Andreas ⁱ   Bolman, Ralph ^j  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of International Relations Afrika Kulturinstitut EV ^*  (Germany)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e National Cardiothoracic Centre   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h Clinique Hannibal   (Tunisia)

ⁱ Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery International Operation Centre for Children   (Eritrea)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiac surgery in Africa; development models for cardiac programs; pioneers in cardiac surgery; rheumatic and congenital heart surgery

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SURGEON; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CENTRAL AFRICA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NORTH AFRICA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; THORAX SURGERY; TUNISIA; UGANDA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906303739     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1383723     Document Type: Article

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