The first coronary by-pass grafting surgery done in western and central Africa

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, canc...

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Published in:	The Pan African medical journal Vol. 8; no. 46
Main Authors:	Sr Budzee Appolonia, Italo Ghidoni, Alessandro Giamberti, Silvia Cirri, Tantchou Tchoumi Jacques Cabral, Ambassa Jean Claude, Gianfranco Butera
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Pan African Medical Journal 01-04-2011
Subjects:	cameroon cardiac centre coronary artery bypass grafting
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	1937-8688 1937-8688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2011.8.46.746