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Surgical excellence—an ongoing quest

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Presidential address delivered at the 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Ahmedabad, India, February, 2020.

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Nair, S.K. Surgical excellence—an ongoing quest. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 36, 335–343 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-00979-0

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