1CardiacSurgeryinChinaCurrentstatusandSomeCharacteristicsZhuXiaodongFuwaiCardiovascularInstitute2004
102CHINA:Adevelopingcountrywithahugepopulationof1
3billions*EventhegrowingpaceofthepopulationhasgraduallysloweddownIncreasingrate:stillashighas0
7%peryearOutof16
6millionsofnewborns>100,000babieswithCHD(6
7‰)areaddedeachyear*ReportoftheMinistryofPublicHealth
20013PotentialPatientswhomayneedcardiacsurgery:Myocardialinfarction2
967millions*Rheumaticvalvulardisease2
235millionsCongenitalheartdisease1
95millions(6
7‰innewborns)Idiopathiccardiomyopathy1
60millions**OthersTotal>8millions*GuDongfeng
PrevalenceofcardiovasculardiseasesinChina42ndconferenceoncardiovasculardiseaseepidemiologyandprevention2002
04Hawaii**YubaoZouetal
AmJMedicine2004,116:14-84Distributionofdifferentkindsofheartopera