The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 486-487 , August 2010

Reply to the Editor

  • Oliver Kuss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
    • ,
  • Jochen Börgermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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PII: S0022-5223(10)00385-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.04.020

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 486-487 , August 2010

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