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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:1-5
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

EACTS Presidential address

Visions and revisions—a society visiting its roots

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 6 November 2003; received in revised form 24 November 2003; accepted 24 November 2003.

^* Tel.: +43-1-40400-5644; fax: +43-1-40400-5642
e-mail: walter.klepetko@akh-wien.ac.at

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Ladies and gentleman, members of EACTS and ESTS, friends and guests. It is an outstanding moment in a personal career to be introduced to a distinguished audience such as this one and it is an even greater experience and honour to serve an organisation like this one in the role of a president. I can only say how humble and grateful I feel for that. Nothing like that can be achieved without strong support and among the numerous people who have helped me in my career and in my work, I would like to point out a few. My parents set the prerequisite for everything by giving me the strong base of a loving and protected childhood. My wife and my children have been the strongest motivation and support that one can imagine. All of them are here, and it is difficult to find adequate words to thank them.

In my professional career I have received furtherance from many people, two of them I would especially like to point out. Ernst Wolner, who offered me the ideal mixture of guiding support and freedom of action at the same time, that was so important during my formative surgical years. Toni Lerut, who promoted me in the general thoracic community from very early on. I want to sincerely thank both of them. I also want to express my gratitude to the colleagues and co-workers in my department who have gone a long way together with me and who have helped and supported me especially during the last year full of different commitments. My special thanks and my appreciation go to the members of the Vienna lung transplantation team, who have done such a great job by keeping numbers and quality up, despite my reduced presence.

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