title: Specialty under attack: where is cardiac surgery heading?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shennib
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000639:trends; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery; D002309:Cardiology; D005544:Forecasting; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000639:trends; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*