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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;160(2):597-600.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.038. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

Thoracic surgeons' insights: Improving thoracic surgery outcomes during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic

Ke-Neng Chen  1 , Shugeng Gao  2 , Lunxu Liu  3 , Jianxing He  4 , Ge-Ning Jiang  5 , Jie He  6
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Thoracic surgeons' insights: Improving thoracic surgery outcomes during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic

Ke-Neng Chen et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug.
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