Background: A significant increase in cardiac surgery has been observed globally, with
prolonged length of stay (LOS) still prevalent due to post-operative complications …

An increase of cardiac surgeries globally has been associated with an increasing number of
people with cardiovascular disease in both developed and developing countries. Following …

Background: Establishing a cardiac unit in developing countries is usually difficult as it is
associated with many obstacles of both expertise and financial constraints and more …

Abstract Objectives Few African countries have the resources to provide optimal cardiac
surgery care. We explored needs at cardiac surgery centers in Namibia, Zambia, and …

The importance and the growing concern about limited or no access to cardiac surgery has
raised challenges in conceptual solutions which need to be addressed and acted upon …

Background Current data on cardiac surgery capacity on which to base effective concepts
for developing sustainable cardiac surgical programs in Africa are lacking or of low quality …

Background Although the specialty of cardiothoracic surgery has been practiced in Nigeria
for many years, open heart surgery (OHS) has only in the last decade become relatively …

Nwafor et al greatly illustrate the long and difficult road towards the establishment of an
independent cardiac surgical centre in Nigeria. 1 Although the country has one of the …

A South African national database in cardiothoracic surgery : cardiovascular topics Page 1
CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 21, No 3, May/June 2010 AFRICA 153 …

Background: Although cardiothoracic surgery has made significant progress in Nigeria,
more has to be done in the field of open heart surgery to mitigate the currently experienced …