Development of the Mexican Heart Team: The Long and Winding Road

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Efforts to decrease HF mortality rates include a multidisciplinary approach management. Although evidence suggests that this has been an optimal strategy for treating HF, the model remains not widely implanted. The current article explores the rationale behind the formation of a Heart Team in a developing country and its development despite the lack of an allocated budget.

Early experience with open heart surgery in a pioneer private hospital in West Africa: the Biket medical centre experience

“…Also there has been a paradigm shift from the training of the cardiothoracic surgeon to the training of cardiac surgical teams [ 6 ] to include other members (anaesthetists, cardiologists, perfusionists, peri-operative and intensive care nurses, respiratory physiotherapists etc). This has enabled the number of public institutions that have carried out OHS to increase from one or two centres 10 years ago to more than seven presently.…”