Should we tolerate biased critiques in cardiothoracic surgery journals?

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¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Clinical Trials Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; China Organ Transplant Response System, Guangzhou, China.
³ Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
⁴ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

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Nian-Guo Dong et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep.

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. 2022 Sep;164(3):e127-e129.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.03.033. Epub 2022 May 6.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Clinical Trials Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; China Organ Transplant Response System, Guangzhou, China.
³ Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
⁴ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

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Reply from authors: The boat, the sword, and the opacity of Chinese transplant data.
Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D'Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW 3rd, Ray S. Sade RM, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep;164(3):e129-e130. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.05.027. Epub 2022 Jun 15. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022. PMID: 35715273 No abstract available.

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Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D'Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW 3rd, Ray S, Tweddell JS. Sade RM, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Dec;162(6):1647-1653. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.07.061. Epub 2021 Oct 12. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021. PMID: 34654563 No abstract available.