African Annals of
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC AND CARDIO-VASCULAR SURGEONS
  • Abbreviation: Afr. Ann. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1994-7461
  • DOI: 10.5897/AATCVS
  • Start Year: 2005
  • Published Articles: 74

Optimal pulmonary vascular resistance index ‘cut-off’ for bi-ventricular congenital heart disease operability

January 2025 - Vol 17 Num. 1

Bi-ventricular congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypertension may be inoperable. Several clinical features suggest operability, but the definitive method for determining operability is the measurement of pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI). The "cut-offs" for operability reported in the literature...

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Optimal pulmonary vascular resistance index ‘cut-off’ for bi-ventricular congenital heart disease operability

January 2025

Mark N. Awori, Jonathan A. Awori, Omondi Sadia and Isaiah Nelson Awori

Late diagnosed acquire tracheoesophageal fistula in adult treated by surgery: Case report

November 2024

Yannick Kabulo Kolela, Souleymane Diatta, Mamadou Cissé, Adeleke Olurotimi Adeyemi, Papa Amath Diagne, Toudjani Kaka Mallam, Marie Amy Kebé, Dialtabé Ibrahima Guessé Ba and Amadou Gabriel Ciss

Medical and surgical management of tracheal pathologies in Senegal

November 2024

Souleymane Diatta, Kabulo Kolela Yannick, Papa Amath Diagne, Papa Ousmane Ba, Moussa Seck Diop, Papa Salmane Ba and Amadou Gabriel Ciss

Mitral valve replacement versus mitral valve repair outcomes in paediatric rheumatic heart disease: a meta-analysis

October 2024

Mark Nelson Awori, Jonathan Alan Awori, Mohamednoor Ahmed, and Isaiah Nelson Awori

Risk factors contributing to failure to receive optimal care in pediatric congenital heart disease

July 2024

Mark Nelson Awori, Daniel Ojuka, Diana Marangu and Paul Bannon

January 2005

Diagnosting vascular diseases in our community - patient's complaints and doctor's constraints

Gabriel U. Chianakwana

June, 2021

Surgical repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Sub-Saharan Africa: 30-day outcomes from a Cameroonian Center

Charles Mve Mvondo, William Ngatchou, Hermann Nestor Tsague Kengni and Marcellin Ngowe Ngowe  

June 2016

Côte cervicale inductrice d’un pseudo-anévrysme de l’artère sousclavière et d’un syndrome de la traversée thoraco-brachiale : À propos d’un cas à Yaoundé (Cameroun).

T. MVOGO MINKALA LIN , B. NGO NONGA , S. ABOGO OYONG, P. ONGOLO ZOGO

January 2025

Optimal pulmonary vascular resistance index ‘cut-off’ for bi-ventricular congenital heart disease operability

Mark N. Awori, Jonathan A. Awori, Omondi Sadia and Isaiah Nelson Awori

January

Chirurgie a coeur ouvert en côte d'ivoire. vingt annees d'experience chirurgicale

Herve Yangni-Angate, Gregoire Ayegnon, Christophe Meneas, Florent Diby, Yves Yapobi, Michel Kangah  

January 2005

Diagnosting vascular diseases in our community - patient's complaints and doctor's constraints

Gabriel U. Chianakwana

June, 2021

Surgical repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Sub-Saharan Africa: 30-day outcomes from a Cameroonian Center

Charles Mve Mvondo, William Ngatchou, Hermann Nestor Tsague Kengni and Marcellin Ngowe Ngowe  

June 2016

Côte cervicale inductrice d’un pseudo-anévrysme de l’artère sousclavière et d’un syndrome de la traversée thoraco-brachiale : À propos d’un cas à Yaoundé (Cameroun).

T. MVOGO MINKALA LIN , B. NGO NONGA , S. ABOGO OYONG, P. ONGOLO ZOGO

January 2025

Optimal pulmonary vascular resistance index ‘cut-off’ for bi-ventricular congenital heart disease operability

Mark N. Awori, Jonathan A. Awori, Omondi Sadia and Isaiah Nelson Awori

January

Chirurgie a coeur ouvert en côte d'ivoire. vingt annees d'experience chirurgicale

Herve Yangni-Angate, Gregoire Ayegnon, Christophe Meneas, Florent Diby, Yves Yapobi, Michel Kangah