Open AccessFirst Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities
Author(s) -
Moctar Coulibaly,
Siriman Koita,
Modibo Doumbia,
Binta Diallo,
Salia I Traore,
Baba I Diarra,
B Coulibaly,
S Daffé,
Asmaou Maiga,
Mamadou Toure,
Rakiswendé A Zongo,
Gaoussou Fofana,
Seydina Alioune Beye,
Boubacar Diallo,
Modibo Diarra,
Djibo M. Diango,
Y. Coulibaly
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cardiovascular journal of south africa/cardiovascular journal of southern africa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1680-0745
pISSN - 1015-9657
DOI - 10.5830/cvja-2021-042
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatic fever , cardiac surgery , incidence (geometry) , stenosis , mitral regurgitation , regurgitation (circulation) , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiology , mortality rate , disease , surgery , optics , physics
Over the past two decades, the incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) have dramatically declined in wealthier regions of the world as a result of preventative programmes, improved living standards and access to cardiac surgery. Nevertheless, ARF and RHD are still public health problems in less-developed regions of the world such as Oceania, south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.