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Chasing the 6-sigma: drawing lessons from the cockpit culture.

Hickey EJ, Halvorsen F, Laussen PC, et al. Chasing the 6-sigma: Drawing lessons from the cockpit culture. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017;155(2). doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.097.

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March 7, 2018
Hickey EJ, Halvorsen F, Laussen PC, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017;155(2).
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Hickey EJ, Halvorsen F, Laussen PC, et al. Chasing the 6-sigma: Drawing lessons from the cockpit culture. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017;155(2). doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.097.