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. 2020 Sep;160(3):e149-e151.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.071.

Reply: Have we done the best that we could have done?

Rakesh C Arora  1 , Ansar Hassan  2 , Jonathan W Haft  3 ; Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Taskforce
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Reply: Have we done the best that we could have done?

Rakesh C Arora et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Sep.
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