The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 126, Issue 4 , Pages 932-935 , October 2003

Is it gender, methodology, or something else?

  • Colleen Gorman Koch, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Colleen Gorman Koch, MD, MS, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (G-3), 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Christina Mora Mangano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford, Calif, USA
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  • Nanette Schwann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hahnemann University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Philadelphia, Pa, USA
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  • Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Altanta, Ga, USA

Received 24 June 2003 ,Revised 16 July 2003 ,Accepted 21 July 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01304-7

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 126, Issue 4 , Pages 932-935 , October 2003

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