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  1. Chief Operating and Medical Officer, Tenri Hospital, Tenri Institute of Medical Research, 200 Mishima, Tenri, Nara, 632, Japan

    Yuichi Ueda

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The review was submitted at the invitation of the editorial committee.

Congress President of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery.

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Ueda, Y. Perspectives: professionalism and cardio-thoracic surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 61, 241–245 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0179-z

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