| Cardiac surgical experience in northern Nigeria. | |
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PMID: 22453514 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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A pilot study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of establishing a heart surgery programme in northern Nigeria. During three medical missions by a visiting US team, in partnership with local physicians, 18 patients with heart diseases underwent surgery at two referral hospitals in the region. Sixteen (88.9%) patients underwent the planned operative procedure with an observed 30-day mortality of 12.5% (2/16) and 0% morbidity. Late complications were anticoagulant related in mechanical heart valve patients and included a first-trimester abortion one year postoperatively, and a death at two years from haemorrhage during pregnancy. This has prompted us to now consider bioprosthetics as the valve of choice in women of childbearing age in this patient population. This preliminary result has further stimulated the interest of all stakeholders on the urgency to establish open-heart surgery as part of the armamentarium to combat the ravages of heart diseases in northern Nigeria. |
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J Nwiloh; S Edaigbini; S Danbauchi; I Babaniyi; M Aminu; Y Adamu; A Oyati |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-27 |
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Title: Cardiovascular journal of Africa Volume: 23 ISSN: 1995-1892 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101313864 Medline TA: Cardiovasc J Afr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-3 Citation Subset: - |
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Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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