The Cape Town Declaration on access to cardiac surgery in the developing world

Peter Zilla; R. Morton Bolman; Magdi H. Yacoub; Friedhelm Beyersdorf; Karen Sliwa; Liesl Zühlke; Robert S.D. Higgins; Bongani Mayosi; Alain Carpentier; David Williams

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.002

The Cape Town Declaration on access to cardiac surgery in the developing world

Peter Zilla, R. Morton Bolman, Magdi H. Yacoub, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Karen Sliwa, Liesl Zühlke, Robert S.D. Higgins, Bongani Mayosi, Alain Carpentier, David Williams

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2206-2209
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume	156
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.002
State	Published - Dec 2018

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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