Pediatric Cardiac Service Development Programs for Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Need of Improving or Initiating Local Services

• Main Authors: William M. Novick (Author), Frank Molloy (Author), Karen Bowtell (Author), Brian Forsberg (Author), Martina Pavanić (Author), Igor Polivenok (Author), Sri Rao (Author), Yamile Muñoz (Author), Marcelo Cardarelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatric cardiac services are deficient in most of the world. Various estimates are that between 80 and 90% of the world's children do not receive adequate cardiac care for their congenital or acquired heart disease. We began a modest effort in 1992 to assist in the development of pediatric ca...