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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;20(6):1477-1479.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.15855. Epub 2020 May 16.

True, true, and possibly unrelated: Variability in donor heart acceptance practices across the United States

Alanna A Morris  1   2 , J David Vega  1   2
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Editorial

True, true, and possibly unrelated: Variability in donor heart acceptance practices across the United States

Alanna A Morris et al. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jun.
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Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: standard criteria; editorial/personal viewpoint; heart disease; heart transplantation/cardiology; organ acceptance; organ allocation; organ procurement and allocation; physician education.

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