The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Observed to expected mortality ratio as the new gold standard: All that glitters is not gold Talal Al-Atassi, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Fraser D. Rubens, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 3, (March 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.038 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Talal Al-Atassi, MD, MPH, FRCSC (left), and Fraser D Talal Al-Atassi, MD, MPH, FRCSC (left), and Fraser D. Rubens, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC (right). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.038) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions