title: 50 years of thoracic and cardiac surgery at the Southwestern Surgical Congress: from tuberculosis to the artificial heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, USA.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Sasser
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006354:Heart, Artificial / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000601:surgery