Making a difference: 5 years of Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA).
Publication/Presentation Date
6-13-2024
Abstract
Informed by the almost unimaginable unmet need for cardiac surgery in the developing regions of the world, leading surgeons, cardiologists, editors in chief of the major cardiothoracic journals as well as representatives of medical industry and government convened in December 2017 to address this unacceptable disparity in access to care. The ensuing "Cape Town Declaration" constituted a clarion call to cardiac surgical societies to jointly advocate the strengthening of sustainable, local cardiac surgical capacity in the developing world. The Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA) was thus created, comprising The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the World Heart Federation (WHF). The guiding principle was advocacy for sustainable cardiac surgical capacity in low-income countries.
First Page
2184923241259191
Last Page
2184923241259191
ISSN
1816-5370
Published In/Presented At
Bolman, R. M., Zilla, P., Beyersdorf, F., Boateng, P., Bavaria, J., Dearani, J., Pomar, J., Kumar, S., Chotivatanapong, T., Sliwa, K., Eisele, J. L., Enumah, Z., Podesser, B., Farkas, E. A., Kofidis, T., Zühlke, L. J., & Higgins, R. (2024). Making a difference: 5 years of Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA). Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals, 2184923241259191. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02184923241259191
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
38872357
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article