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Basic and applied research at the department of cardio-thoracic surgery: work in progress

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A departmental history is mirrored by its members and their scientific and clinical output. In honour of Prof. Ernst Wolners retirement the authors were invited to summarize various aspects of basic and applied research performed at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Vienna within the last decade. This free communications suffices to present a short introduction of work performed by four independent laboratories headed by staff surgeons.

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  1. Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (HJA, WM), Vienna, Austria

    Hendrik J. Ankersmit, Seyedhossein Aharinejad & Werner Mohl

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery LKH St. Pölten, Austria

    Bruno K. Podesser

  3. Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research (BKP), Vienna, Austria

    Bruno K. Podesser

  4. Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Anatomy and Cell Biology (AA), Vienna, Austria

    Seyedhossein Aharinejad

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Ankersmit, H., Podesser, B., Aharinejad, S. et al. Basic and applied research at the department of cardio-thoracic surgery: work in progress. Wien Klin Wochenschr 120 (Suppl 2), 39–45 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-008-1044-z

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