title: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2006: annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Harushi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Udagawa
mesh_terms: D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors