Redefining Success in Cardiac Surgery in Africa: Aligning Training, Patient Profiles, and Outcomes

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service, Complexo Hospitalar de Doenças Cardio-Pulmonares Cardeal Dom Alexandre do Nascimento, Luanda, Angola; Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service, Clínica Girassol, Luanda, Angola. Electronic address: valdanympub@gmail.com.
² Cardiac Center Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ National Cardiothoracic Center, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cadi Ayad University, Mohammed the VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; Fann Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.

Editorial

Valdano Manuel et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 5:S0003-4975(25)00848-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.08.032. Online ahead of print.

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service, Complexo Hospitalar de Doenças Cardio-Pulmonares Cardeal Dom Alexandre do Nascimento, Luanda, Angola; Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service, Clínica Girassol, Luanda, Angola. Electronic address: valdanympub@gmail.com.
² Cardiac Center Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ National Cardiothoracic Center, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cadi Ayad University, Mohammed the VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; Fann Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.