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Abstract

In 2005 and 2007, Kantha Bopha IV and V were added respectively.In addition to this, a cardiac centre with an interventional heart catheter lab was opened in 2011 to help children with congenital heart abnormalities.Since 2012, open heart surgery was implemented as well in Siem Reap, with 296 cardiac operations and 116 interventional heart catheters performed in 2017.This was only possible thanks to the support of Prof. O. Kretschmar, Zurich, Prof. G. Babatasi, Chaı ˆne de l'Espoir, Prof. R. Prêtre, Lausanne, and Prof. L. Vricella, Baltimore and an infrastructure, which operates at a very high level.The laboratories, the intensive care units, the blood banks, and the diagnostic capabilities are all comparable to those available in Switzerland.