Heart catheterization can be performed with good results in a sub-Saharan tertiary center, with a relatively low rate of confirmed coronary heart disease (8.4%).
Supports catheterization feasibility in sub-Saharan centers; leaves open generalizability and prevalence estimates for adult congenital heart disease.
Coronary heart disease was confirmed by angiography in 8.4% cases, and among grown up congenital heart disease 'patients, atrial septal defect was the pathology the most managed. Heart catheterization is done in the Cardiac centre Shisong with good results.
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