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• 12 / 27 / 2008

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According to experts, 75 percent of surgeries performed at the center are open-heart surgeries, and conditions exist to increase that percentage to 80.

They added that the center's survival rate is 94 percent, and interventionist hemodynamic procedures are implemented successfully.

The center diagnoses and treats all Cuban children born with congenital cardiopathies, which can be treated even in the mother's womb.

The institution's work is supported by a nationwide medical network, which contributes to detecting, diagnosing and referring all patients to the center.

(DTCuba)