What is a Cardiothoracic Surgical “Center of Excellence”?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1426-1427

  Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a  

^a MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANCER RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACIC SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84992530887     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.034     Document Type: Editorial

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