[Aid to development of cardiac surgery in the emerging world: mutual benefits?].
Aid to the development of cardiac surgery in the emerging world is mandatory to help these countries develop their own capacities of treatment for their patients. A personal experience of ten years involvement with such projects is described, as well as the means and difficulties to achieve tangible results in this field.
Velebit
Vladimir
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Département cardiovasculaire, Hôpital de LaTour, 1217 Meyrin. vvelebit@latour.ch
D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D018581:Technology Transfer; D013903:Thoracic Surgery