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- ↑ Twenty-five Years of Excellence: A History of the Texas Heart Institute. Texas Heart Institute Foundation. 1989. ISBN 9780962093302.
- ↑ Cross, Mary (2013-01-07). 100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610690867.
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