Fekede D. Agwar

Cardiac Center of Ethiopia and El-Ouzier Cardiac Center, Ethiopia

Title: Immediate outcome following valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease: the first local experience from Ethiopia

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Biography

After attending undergraduate programme at Gonder University and general surgery at Addis Ababa University, Black Lion Hospital, went to Narayan Institute of Cardiac Science, Bangalore, India and studied cardiac surgery. I become the first cardiac surgeon for the country liberating the decade old missionaries based activity. Since then I performed more than 300 open-heart surgeries by leading the local team.

I performed cardiac surgeries from pediatric to adult from 6-month-old baby to a record 90 years old geriatrics patient for our country. I performed coronary artery bypass surgery from single to a record four-graft surgery successfully. In our country I also become the first to perform a beating heart bypass surgery. Among others; successful re do surgeries, left maze procedures, mitral valve repairs, multivalve surgeries, and AV canal defect with cor tri- atrium are the few.

Abstract

The demanding problem of our country is mainly RHD, and most of our surgery concentrate on valve surgeries. Having said that even in pediatrics age group less than 18 years old RHD is still the leadind cause of CCF in our situation. In resource limited situations like ours, Sub Saharan Africa, let alone cardiac surgery getting warfarin and and having a regular INR follow up is a huge limitation. Having said that my surgeries mainly concentrate on repairing mitral valve as much as clinical situations allow. Threfore my next paper is coming from mitral valve repair in resource limited situations.