The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1198-1200 , June 2008

How it came about

  • Albert Starr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Albert Starr, MD, 9155 SW Barnes Rd Suite 240, Portland, OR 97225.

Received 13 February 2008 ,Accepted 17 February 2008.

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 ∗First appeared in the John Jones Surgical Society Newsletter, the Alumni News of the New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Department of Surgery, Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(08)00287-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.024

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1198-1200 , June 2008

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