Cardiothoracic surgeons have a rich history of quality improvement and a strong ethos of transparency and innovation allowing for the rapid diffusion of standards, techniques, and benchmarks worldwide. Nationally, few medical specialties have contributed as much to the development of knowledge as the Brazilian cardiac surgery. From the hard work developed during decades by pioneering surgeons such as Euryclides Zerbini and Adib Jatene to the most contemporaneous leaders in the field, the Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da […]