Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1979; 27(3): 137-144
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1096234
Copyright © 1979 by Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart

A Cardiac Surgeon's Impressions of China

G. Rodewald
  • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Experimental Cardiology, Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital, Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Publication Date:
11 December 2008 (online)

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Summary

A German heart surgeon reports on his observations and impressions of the situation in cardiac surgery in the People's Republic of China during an official stay in October 1978. Detailed data are based on visits to 5 different hospitals in Peking, Chengtu, Shanghai and Canton.