title: Three years behind the former iron curtain.
abstract: A Hungarian-born US heart surgeon spent more than 3 years in Hungary as a professor of surgery at a medical school. His mission was to begin invasive heart disease diagnosis and therapy. The experience was both historical--living in the past--and visionary--a look at the potential future of our economics- and politics-infested medical care.
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Scott & White Clinic, Temple, USA.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Korompai
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007393:International Educational Exchange