Cardioplegia and myocardial protection: time for a reassessment?

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Alexandro Hoyer et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(5):E76-E78.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.08.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center of University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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