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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, 653-2 W 8th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209

(Email: fhe@comcast.net).

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The authors are to be commended for undertaking the development of a national database in cardiac surgery [1]. This is clearly a challenging task, but as pointed out by the authors, it is essential for improving the quality of care.

The purpose of a clinical database is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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