Commentary: One plus one does not always equal two: Mitochondrial cardioprotection

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Editorial

Alvise Guariento et al. JTCVS Open. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 20:8:357-358.

doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2021.08.016. eCollection 2021 Dec.

¹ Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

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