Precision and targeted therapy in cardiac 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. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 33):S3986-S3988.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.90.

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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