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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:332
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

General Thoracic Surgery

Discussion

Dr David H. Harpole (Durham, NC). I have no conflicts to disclose. I congratulate Falcoz and coworkers on an excellent presentation and article. These data were collected with a computer database developed by the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and coordinated by Dr Dahan in Toulouse, France. It is noted in the article that the Epithor database is financially independent and not related to any surgical or tobacco firm. It includes 40-plus institutions of all types in France and is a good cross-section of thoracic surgery in France during the study interval, in fact including two thirds of all thoracic cases performed in France during . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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