The Evidence for Cardiothoracic Surgery Author:Tom Treasure, Ian Hunt What is the evidence? Evidence-based medicine, or EBM which slips off the tongue more readily, seeks to offer proof that what we offer patients whenever we treat them, do a diagnostic test, or recommend anything from an operation to change in life style, is known to be effective. Into The Evidence for Cardiothoracic Surgery we have commissione... more »d systematic reviews of the common operations and some innovative treatments, to present the facts to busy doctors. Where is there and where is there not evidence? MED000000« less