title: What is a Cardiothoracic Surgical "Center of Excellence"?
authors: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: ntkouch@aol.com.
authors: Nicholas T
authors: NT
authors: Kouchoukos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*