title: Reflections on the progress of Japanese thoracic surgery over the past half century and recommendations for the coming century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome