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

Abstract

The mission of this declaration is to urge all relevant entities within the international cardiac surgery, industry, and government sectors to commit to develop and implement an effective strategy to address the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the developing world through increased access to lifesaving cardiac surgery.

Keywords

• Cardiac surgery
• scourge of rheumatic heart disease
• lifesaving cardiac surgery