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. 2020 Mar;159(3):e214-e215.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.144. Epub 2019 Oct 14.

Reply from the authors: We do not know what we do not know-Mechanism of donor brain death and transplant recipient outcomes

Oliver K Jawitz  1 , Vignesh Raman  2 , Carmelo Milano  2
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Reply from the authors: We do not know what we do not know-Mechanism of donor brain death and transplant recipient outcomes

Oliver K Jawitz et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar.
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