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Cardiac surgery for adult CHD in Nigeria: a too-familiar tale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2018

R. Morton Bolman III  and
Joseph Mucumbitsi
R. Morton Bolman III*
Affiliation:
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Joseph Mucumbitsi
Affiliation:
King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
*
Author for correspondence: R. Morton Bolman, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. Tel: 802-578-6667; E-mail: cbolman46@gmail.com
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Keywords

SurgeryNigeriaadult CHDgeneral cardiology
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 16 - 18
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Bolman RM, Mucumbitsi J. (2018) Cardiac surgery for adult CHD in Nigeria: a too-familiar tale. Cardiology in the Young29: 16–18. doi: 10.1017/S104795111800166X

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