Commentary: A long road back to the beginning

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: dadalessandro@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Editorial

David D'Alessandro et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;164(2):569-570.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.08.012. Epub 2021 Aug 8.

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: dadalessandro@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: The authors reported no conflicts of interest.

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