Letters to the Editor
Cardiac surgery: What the future holds?
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Correspondence: Haralabos Parissis hparissis@yahoo.co.uk
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:93 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-93
Published: 27 July 2011Abstract
Cardiac surgery has been scrutinized and challenged as no other specialty has. That has brought new ideas and structural frameworks but has also brought uncertainty and scepticism.
This report identifies the challenges that the specialty is facing, and suggests solutions and strategies for the future.