Adult: Education: Health PolicyUnited in earnest: First pilot sites for increased surgical capacity for rheumatic heart disease announced by Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance
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Key Words
cardiac surgery
sub-Saharan Africa
rheumatic heart disease
surgical capacity building
CSIA
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AATS
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
ASCVTS
Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
CSIA
Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance
CTD
Cape Town Declaration
EACTS
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
RHD
rheumatic heart disease
STS
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
WHF
World Heart Federation
WHO
World Health Organization
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This article has been copublished in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, and the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery requests that this article be cited as: Enumah ZO, Bolman RM, Zilla P, et al. United in earnest: first pilot sites for increased surgical capacity for rheumatic heart disease announced by Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;161:2108-13.
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