Comparison of the different cardioplegic strategies in cardiac valves surgery: who wins the "arm-wrestling"?

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Giuseppe Comentale et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;10(2):714-717.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.133.

¹ Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.

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