Thoracic aortic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: Time to bridge the gap?

JTCVS Open. 2024 Mar 20:19:210-214. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.03.002. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Dominique Vervoort^{1

2}, Dimitri Tchienga³, Maral Ouzounian^{1

4}, Charles Mve Mvondo^{5

6}

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Center of Shisong, St Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Kumbo, Cameroon.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Douala, Cameroon.

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Keywords: aortic surgery; cardiac surgery; global cardiac surgery; global surgery; thoracic; thoracic aortic dissections.

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