title: Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964).
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Claude A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Beaty
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Conte
mesh_terms: D058366:Blalock-Taussig Procedure / Q000266:history; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States