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Editorial
. 2022 Jul;36(7):1823-1826.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.02.021. Epub 2022 Feb 23.

COVID-19-Related Blood Shortages and Cardiac Surgery: Do We Have Too Many Eggs in One Basket?

Matthew A Warner  1 , Prakash A Patel  2 , Nadia B Hensley  3 , Michael Mazzeffi  4
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Editorial

COVID-19-Related Blood Shortages and Cardiac Surgery: Do We Have Too Many Eggs in One Basket?

Matthew A Warner et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jul.
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