Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory
Background: Low- and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) currently bear 80% of the world’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden. The same countries are underequipped to handle the disease burden due to critical shortage of resources. Functional cardiac catheterization laboratories (cath labs) a...
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| author | Joselyn Rwebembera Twalib Aliku James Kayima Sulaiman Lubega Elias Sebatta Brian Kiggundu Daudi Kirenzi Wilson Nyakoojo Charles Mondo Krishna Kumar Kanishka Ratnayaka Shakeel Qureshi Sanjay Daluvoy Peter Lwabi John Omagino Craig Sable Chris Longenecker Dan Simon Marco Costa Emmy Okello |
| author_facet | Joselyn Rwebembera Twalib Aliku James Kayima Sulaiman Lubega Elias Sebatta Brian Kiggundu Daudi Kirenzi Wilson Nyakoojo Charles Mondo Krishna Kumar Kanishka Ratnayaka Shakeel Qureshi Sanjay Daluvoy Peter Lwabi John Omagino Craig Sable Chris Longenecker Dan Simon Marco Costa Emmy Okello |
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| description | Background: Low- and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) currently bear 80% of the world’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden. The same countries are underequipped to handle the disease burden due to critical shortage of resources. Functional cardiac catheterization laboratories (cath labs) are central in the diagnosis and management of CVDs. Yet, most LMICs, including Uganda, fall remarkably below the minimum recommended standards of cath lab:population ratio due to a host of factors including the start-up and recurring costs. Objectives: To review the performance, challenges and solutions employed, lessons learned, and projections for the future for a single cath lab that has been serving the Ugandan population of 40 million people in the past eight years. Methods: A retrospective review of the Uganda Heart Institute cath lab clinical database from 15 February 2012 to 31 December 2019 was performed. Results: In the initial two years, this cath lab was dependent on skills transfer camps by visiting expert teams, but currently, Ugandan resident specialists independently operate this lab. 3,542 adult and pediatric procedures were conducted in 8 years, including coronary angiograms and percutaneous coronary interventions, device implantations, valvuloplasties, and cardiac defect closures, among others. There was a consistent expansion of the spectrum of procedures conducted in this cath lab each year. The initial lack of technical expertise and sourcing for equipment, as well as the continual need for sundries present(ed) major roadblocks. Government support and leveraging existing multi-level collaborations has provided a platform for several solutions. Sustainability of cath lab services remains a significant challenge especially in relation to the high cost of sundries and other consumables amidst a limited budget. Conclusion: A practical example of how centers in LMIC can set up and sustain a public cardiac catheterization laboratory is presented. Government support, research, and training collaborations, if present, become invaluable leverage opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fa9416b05cc4a68b54024a826c3dd852022-12-21T20:31:38ZengUbiquity PressGlobal Heart2211-81792021-02-0116110.5334/gh.859822Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter LaboratoryJoselyn Rwebembera0Twalib Aliku1James Kayima2Sulaiman Lubega3Elias Sebatta4Brian Kiggundu5Daudi Kirenzi6Wilson Nyakoojo7Charles Mondo8Krishna Kumar9Kanishka Ratnayaka10Shakeel Qureshi11Sanjay Daluvoy12Peter Lwabi13John Omagino14Craig Sable15Chris Longenecker16Dan Simon17Marco Costa18Emmy Okello19Uganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, Kampala; Makerere University, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaNsambya Hospital, KampalaAmrita Institute of Medical Sciences, KochiRady Children’s Hospital, San Diego CaliforniaEvelina London Children’s Hospital, LondonWorld Children’s Initiative, North CarolinaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaUganda Heart Institute, KampalaThe Children’s National Health System, Washington DCUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioUganda Heart Institute, Kampala; Makerere University, KampalaBackground: Low- and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) currently bear 80% of the world’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden. The same countries are underequipped to handle the disease burden due to critical shortage of resources. Functional cardiac catheterization laboratories (cath labs) are central in the diagnosis and management of CVDs. Yet, most LMICs, including Uganda, fall remarkably below the minimum recommended standards of cath lab:population ratio due to a host of factors including the start-up and recurring costs. Objectives: To review the performance, challenges and solutions employed, lessons learned, and projections for the future for a single cath lab that has been serving the Ugandan population of 40 million people in the past eight years. Methods: A retrospective review of the Uganda Heart Institute cath lab clinical database from 15 February 2012 to 31 December 2019 was performed. Results: In the initial two years, this cath lab was dependent on skills transfer camps by visiting expert teams, but currently, Ugandan resident specialists independently operate this lab. 3,542 adult and pediatric procedures were conducted in 8 years, including coronary angiograms and percutaneous coronary interventions, device implantations, valvuloplasties, and cardiac defect closures, among others. There was a consistent expansion of the spectrum of procedures conducted in this cath lab each year. The initial lack of technical expertise and sourcing for equipment, as well as the continual need for sundries present(ed) major roadblocks. Government support and leveraging existing multi-level collaborations has provided a platform for several solutions. Sustainability of cath lab services remains a significant challenge especially in relation to the high cost of sundries and other consumables amidst a limited budget. Conclusion: A practical example of how centers in LMIC can set up and sustain a public cardiac catheterization laboratory is presented. Government support, research, and training collaborations, if present, become invaluable leverage opportunities.https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/859cardiaccatheterizationlaboratorycath labugandacvdlmic, africa |
| spellingShingle | Joselyn Rwebembera Twalib Aliku James Kayima Sulaiman Lubega Elias Sebatta Brian Kiggundu Daudi Kirenzi Wilson Nyakoojo Charles Mondo Krishna Kumar Kanishka Ratnayaka Shakeel Qureshi Sanjay Daluvoy Peter Lwabi John Omagino Craig Sable Chris Longenecker Dan Simon Marco Costa Emmy Okello Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory Global Heart cardiac catheterization laboratory cath lab uganda cvd lmic, africa |
| title | Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory |
| title_full | Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory |
| title_fullStr | Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory |
| title_short | Starting and Operating a Public Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in a Low Resource Setting: The Eight-Year Story of the Uganda Heart Institute Catheter Laboratory |
| title_sort | starting and operating a public cardiac catheterization laboratory in a low resource setting the eight year story of the uganda heart institute catheter laboratory |
| topic | cardiac catheterization laboratory cath lab uganda cvd lmic, africa |
| url | https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/859 |
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