Global Volunteer Healthcare: international medical missions bringing heart surgeries, medical education and supplies to underserved areas CardioStart's global volunteers provide heart surgery to children and adults in developing countries while teaching local doctors and nurses advanced cardiac care to improve outcomes and save lives. OUR MISSIONA world where the underserved have access to cardiac careOUR VISIONTo educate and assist local medical teams in providing free heart surgery and comprehensive medical care to adults and children in underserved regions of the world.CardioStart International aspires to provide greater hope and support to families with children and adults afflicted with heart disease in the underserved regions of the world by….• Assisting in the development of advanced heart care and related specialties;• Performing complex heart operations using the local facilities;• Providing ongoing training and educational programs;• Empowering local medical teams with the skills, equipment and means to increase the level of care for their patients