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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;159(4):1357-1360.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.06.135. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Are we close to bioengineering a human-sized, functional heart?

Doris A Taylor  1 , Camila Hochman-Mendez  2 , Luiz C Sampaio  3
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Are we close to bioengineering a human-sized, functional heart?

Doris A Taylor et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Apr.
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