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A South African national database in cardiothoracic surgery
A Linegar1, F Smit, A Stroebel
1Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. linegarAG@ufs.ac.za
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
|June 10, 2010
Abstract:
This article aims to update South African cardiothoracic surgeons on the developmental progress of the national database in cardiac and thoracic surgery and to encourage participation in this most important endeavour.
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