Vol 6, Supplement 1 (October 31, 2016): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (Cardiothoracic Surgery in the African Continent)

Preface

Open heart surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and promise

Koffi Herve Yangni-Angate

PDF Pages: S1-S4 Full Text (2393) Open Access

Original Article

Noncardiac thoracic surgery in Abidjan, from 1977 to 2015

Yves Tanauh, Flavien Kendja, Hervé Yangni-Angate, Blaise Demine, Raphaël Ouédé, Maurice Kouacou

PDF Pages: S5-S12 Full Text (2575) Open Access

Surgical experience on chronic constrictive pericarditis in African setting: review of 35 years’ experience in Cote d’Ivoire

Koffi Herve Yangni-Angate, Tanauh Yves, Meneas Christophe, Diby Florent, Adoubi Anicet, Diomande Manga

PDF Pages: S13-S19 Full Text (3316) Open Access

The rebirth of cardiac surgery in Sudan

Ahmed ElSayed, ElaminElawad Elnour

PDF Pages: S20-S26 Full Text (3808) Open Access

The challenges of cardiothoracic surgery practice in Nigeria: a 12 years institutional experience

Bode Falase, Michael Sanusi, Adeola Animasahun, Ogadinma Mgbajah, Adetinuwe Majekodunmi, Onyekwelu Nzewi, Jonathan Nwiloh, David Oke

PDF Pages: S27-S43 Full Text (6449) Open Access

Cardiac surgery in Africa: a thirty-five year experience on open heart surgery in Cote d’Ivoire

Koffi Herve Yangni-Angate, Christophe Meneas, Florent Diby, Manga Diomande, Anicet Adoubi, Yves Tanauh

PDF Pages: S44-S63 Full Text (4358) Open Access

Review Article

Cardiothoracic surgical experience in Ghana

Mark Tettey, Martin Tamatey, Frank Edwin

PDF Pages: S64-S73 Full Text (11969) Open Access

Cardio-thoracic surgical experience in Gabon

François Ondo N’Dong, Sylvestre Mbamendame, Silvère Ngakani Offobo, Mory Mamadi Kaba, Jean Bernard Mbourou, Charles Diané

PDF Pages: S74-S77 Full Text (3051) Open Access

Case Report

Complete congenital heart block in a neonate with a complex congenital heart defect in Africa

Clovis Nkoke, Edvine Yonta Wawo, Liliane Kuate Mfeukeu, Larissa Makamte, Sandrine Dikosso Edie, Flore Esiene Balana

PDF Pages: S78-S82 Full Text (4039) Open Access

Arts and Medicine

Heart

Yvan Patrick Akré

PDF Pages: S83 Full Text (1795) Open Access

Disclosure:

The supplement “Cardiothoracic Surgery in the African Continent” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding. Koffi Herve Yangni-Angate served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the supplement.