title: The first coronary by-pass grafting surgery done in western and central Africa.
abstract: 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.
authors: Appolonia
authors: A
authors: Budzee
authors: Italo
authors: I
authors: Ghidoni
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Giamberti
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Cirri
authors: Jacques Cabral
authors: JC
authors: Tantchou Tchoumi
authors: Jean Claude
authors: JC
authors: Ambassa
authors: Gianfranco
authors: G
authors: Butera
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans