Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 8-11 , 2009

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Challenge and Outcome Analysis of the Guatemala Effort

  • Juan R. Leon-Wyss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
    • ,
  • Altin Veshti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
    • ,
  • Oscar Veras, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
    • ,
  • Guillermo A. Gaitán, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
    • ,
  • Mauricio O'Connell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Intervention Laboratory
    • ,
  • Ricardo A. Mack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Intensive Care Unit
    • ,
  • Gonzalo Calvimontes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Electrophysiology Laboratory
    • ,
  • Flor Garcia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
    • ,
  • Amilcar Hidalgo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Anaestesiology
    • ,
  • Alfredo Reyes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Perfusion
    • ,
  • Aldo R. Castañeda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Aldo Castaneda, MD, Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Jefe Departamento de Pediatria, 9a. Avendia 8-00, Zona 11, 01011 Guatemala

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PII: S1092-9126(09)00004-0

doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2009.01.003

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 8-11 , 2009

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