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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1399
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Excellence and low case volume

Amit Chandra, MCha

a Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, 49, Community Center, East of Kailash, New Delhi 110 065, India

e-mail: padmavat@del2.vsnl.net.in

To the Editor

I read with interest the article by Drs Early and Roberts in the January 2000 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery [1]. Through this article, they have highlighted certain concepts in cardiac care which have an important bearing on the total outcome or ultimate results of the unit. As pointed out by them, numbers do reflect a busy practice but not necessarily the results, and it is possible to get good results in a smaller practice. This article is perhaps an important lesson for the cardiac surgical . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Excellence and low case volume: Reply
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