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Perventricular device closure of the ventricular septal defects in children-first experience in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital cardiac malformation, accounting for approximately 30% of congenital heart defects. Conventional surgical repair using cardiopulmonary bypass is in.

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New Research Finds Volume Alone Does Not Predict Quality Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

DAIC

Judging program quality is more complex than a single volume number.” The benchmark operations included tetralogy of Fallot repair, arterial switch with ventricular septal defect (VSD), arterial switch without VSD, Glenn and Fontan procedures, and truncus arteriosus repair. Tweddell Memorial Paper in Congenital Surgery.

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The Nation’s Heart: Ghana

Global Cardiac Surgery

Today, for the first blog of this series, Global Cardiac Surgery is featuring Ghana, a lower-middle-income country in West Africa with a strong history in the realms of cardiothoracic surgery. With a GDP per capita of US$1,513, Ghana falls in the lower-middle-income group (US$996-US$3,895) spanning a population of 28.21