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The Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
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Published on: February 5, 2021

[Cardiovascular cooperation with the BPKIHS Hospital, in Dharan Bazar, Nepal]

P Urban1, N Shreshta, P Karki

  • 1Service de cardiologie Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin-Genève. philip.urban@latour.ch

Revue Medicale Suisse
|March 29, 2013
PubMed

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A Swiss-Nepali collaboration established East Nepal's first invasive cardiology program, treating 496 patients in 23 months. The project also supported cardiovascular prevention and rheumatic heart disease studies in schoolchildren.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Global Health
  • Public Health

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