Pediatric cardiac care for the economically disadvantaged in India: Problems and prospects

Outcome of Complex Adult Congenital Heart Surgery in the Developing World

“…India is an example of such a setting. The demographic data of India with regard to projected requirement for CHD management has been summarized by Kothari 5 . For a population of 1.14 billion with a crude birth rate of 22.2%, 200 000 newborns can be estimated to be born every year with CHD, applying an incidence figure of 8/1000 live births.…”

Bidirectional Glenn on cardiopulmonary bypass: A comparison of three techniques

“…Another limitation of our study was that our patients were older than those seen in the Western world and the number of patients below 7.5 kg was less in all the three groups, reflecting the problems of delayed presentation, diagnosis, and referral practices. 20,21 Ideally for better comparisons and assessment of the advantages of any of these techniques, a larger proportion younger and smaller patients is desirable.…”

Future of pediatric cardiac care in India

“…[1][2][3][4] The ground realities are shown in Table 1. India adds more children to its population annually than sub-Saharan Africa or China.…”