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Auscultating Cardiac Surgery in the DR Congo

Global Cardiac Surgery

The two aforementioned reasons also explain the high prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among Congolese children. Finally, congenital heart diseases (CHD) are a major public health issue in this country. This centre has 2 operating rooms: one for open-heart surgery and another for neurosurgery.