Cardiac Surgery Air-Bridging in the Caribbean

Eric E Vinck; Dominique Vervoort

doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.002

Cardiac Surgery Air-Bridging in the Caribbean

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;32(4):845-851. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 16.

Authors

Eric E Vinck¹, Dominique Vervoort²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fundación Clínica Shaio, Bogota, Colombia; Department of Surgery, El Bosque University, Bogota, Colombia; Dr. Horacio Oduber Hospitaal, Aruba. Electronic address: evinck518@gmail.com.
² Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 32428583
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.002

Abstract

The need for air-bridging of cardiac patients in the Caribbean for surgical treatment abroad has many downfalls. Besides the burden on national health budgets, the risks involved with transfers, and delayed treatment, patients depend completely on care abroad.

Keywords: Air-bridge; Cardiac Surgery; Caribbean.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Caribbean Region
Humans
Medical Tourism*