title: Historical perspective of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: John W. Kirklin, MD (1917-2004).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. 48201, USA. lstephen@dmc.org
authors.forename: Larry W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D006355:Heart-Lung Machine / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000145:classification; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States