Thoracic aortic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: Time to bridge the gap?Central Message

• Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, MBA,
• Dimitri Tchienga, MD,
• Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD,
• Charles Mve Mvondo, MD

Affiliations

Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, MBA

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Address for reprints: Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, MBA, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College St, 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M6, Canada.

Dimitri Tchienga, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla

Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Charles Mve Mvondo, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Center of Shisong, St Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Kumbo, Cameroon; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Douala, Cameroon