Enhanced recovery pathways versus standard care: The difference lies in what is being targeted by the pathways

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¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

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Reza J Mehran et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.013.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

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