%0 Journal Article %T Open heart surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and promise %A Yangni-Angate, Koffi Herve %J Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy %D 2016 %B 2016 %9 %! Open heart surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and promise %K %X Perhaps the greatest advances in diagnosis of acquired heart defects were made by James Hope [1801-41]. His ethical principles were remarkable: “ In the first place, never keep a patient sick when you can do something for him. In the second place, never take a higher fee than what you truly feel you are entitled to. In the third place, always pray for your patients ”. %U https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/12177 %P S1-S4 %@ 2223-3660