The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research

Traves D Crabtree1, Daniel J Boffa2, Kevin W Lobdell3

  • 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois.

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