Cardiac surgery for advanced rheumatic heart disease in Rwanda

Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Mar;2(3):e141-2. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70022-1. Epub 2014 Feb 27.

Authors

JaBaris D Swain¹, Joseph Mucumbisti², Emmanuel Rusingiza³, R Morton Bolman 3rd⁴, Agnes Binagwaho⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Surgery, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jdswain@partners.org.
² King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
³ Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Surgery, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

PMID: 25102844
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70022-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Rheumatic Heart Disease / pathology
Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery*
Rwanda
Severity of Illness Index