TY - JOUR
T1 - The first coronary by-pass grafting surgery done in western and central Africa.
AU - Budzee, Appolonia
AU - Ghidoni, Italo
AU - Giamberti, Alessandro
AU - Cirri, Silvia
AU - Tantchou Tchoumi, Jacques Cabral
AU - Ambassa, Jean Claude
AU - Butera, Gianfranco
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Africa bears a significant proportion of the global burden of chronic diseases, along with poor countries of Asia and Latin America. The World Health Organisation projects that over the next ten years the Continent will experience the largest increase in death rates from cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes. Probably for the first time in Western and Central Africa, the very first coronary artery bypass surgery grafting was performed in the Cardiac Centre of Shisong in Cameroon.
AB - Africa bears a significant proportion of the global burden of chronic diseases, along with poor countries of Asia and Latin America. The World Health Organisation projects that over the next ten years the Continent will experience the largest increase in death rates from cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes. Probably for the first time in Western and Central Africa, the very first coronary artery bypass surgery grafting was performed in the Cardiac Centre of Shisong in Cameroon.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 22121454
VL - 8
SP - 46
JO - Pan African Medical Journal
JF - Pan African Medical Journal
SN - 1937-8688
ER -