1. Cardiothoracic surgery in the new millennium: challenges and opportunities in a time of paradox 
Nicholas T Kouchoukos, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 69, Issue 5, Pages (May 2000)
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Changes in age adjusted death rates from coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and noncardiovascular disease (Non-CVD) in the United States from 1950 to Data are from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [1].
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Number of applicants to United States Medical Schools (1994–1999). Source: Association of American Medical Colleges [4].
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Uninsured Americans in the United States in Source: United States Census Bureau, 1999 [17].
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