Navigating the New "Flat World" of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Levitsky, Sidney ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; THORAX SURGERY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRAVEL;

EID: 33846368877     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.100     Document Type: Editorial

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