ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021
Treating Children With Advanced Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: The NGO EMERGENCY's Project at the
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- Regional programme of the African Network of Medical Excellence (ANME): a sub-Saharan collaborative model for sustainable specialised surgical programmes.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Genetic Susceptibility to Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Narrative Literature Review Highlighting Evidence From African Populations and Research Gaps in Sudan.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Surgical management of complex congenital heart diseases in the context of South-South cooperation: case series.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Practice and clinical outcomes of valvular surgery for rheumatic heart disease in africa: a scoping review.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- The state of cardiac surgery in Ethiopia.JTCVS open · 2023Article
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- Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Procedures in Uganda.Global heart · 2023Article
- Case Report: Right atrial organized thrombus three years after tricuspid annuloplasty.F1000Research · 2023Article
- Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Mechanical Valve Prostheses Using Vitamin K Antagonist Therapy: The Experience of the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Rheumatic heart disease is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and while efforts are under way to boost prophylaxis and early diagnosis, access to cardiac surgery is rarely affordable. In this article, we report on a humanitarian project by the NGO EMERGENCY, to build and run the
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