Validating innovations to improve recovery after heart surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Science, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Editorial

Ali Fatehi Hassanabad et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;6(Suppl 1):S13.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.09.23.

¹ Department of Cardiac Science, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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